Health professionals’ perceptions of intimate partner violence against women in Serbia: Opportunities and barriers for response improvement

Factors influencing attitude toward intimate partner violence

“…Nevertheless, the nursing staff was usually found lack of education concerning to domestic violence issues (Davis & Harsh, 2001). In a study of health professionals' perception of IPV in Serbia, though all participants deemed IPV as totally unacceptable action, the surveyed blamed both the abuser and the victim for the incident (Djikanovic, Celik, Simic, Matejic, & Cucic, 2010).…”

Attitudes towards domestic violence in Lebanon: a qualitative study of primary care practitioners

“…[4][5][6][7][8] Concern about personal safety has also been mentioned, 7,24 but may loom larger in countries like Lebanon, where DV is not criminalised and the authorities are not perceived to be protective. There were barriers identified by participating physicians that are more specific to this region, and could be applicable to other areas, namely the religiously-based beliefs of the physicians and a medical education and healthcare system that do not include DV in its scope.…”

Readiness to Screen for Domestic Violence against Women in Healthcare Uganda: Associations with Demographic, Professional and Work Environmental Factors

“…In simple terms, it is purported that job strain may result from high work demands coupled by low levels of work control and support, though this finding is not always consistent [17]. In the context of IPV screening, qualitative interviews with healthcare workers [14] [18] [19] have consistently implicated work-environmental characteristics such as high work demands, weak support networks and low levels of decision autonomy as possible hinders to the practice of IPV screening, but the quantification of these factors as determinants of IPV screening remains an important gap in the research. Indeed, systematic reviews of the quantitative research in the field [20] have found majority of studies on barriers to IPV screening in healthcare to focus on individual related barriers (e.g.…”