Screening for Intimate Partner Violence Experience and Use in the Veterans Health Administration.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The practice of screening women for intimate partner violence (IPV) in health care settings has been a critical part of responding to this major public health problem. Yet, IPV prevention would be enhanced with detection efforts that extend beyond screening for IPV experiences to identifying those who use violence in relationships as well.

Objective

To determine rates of IPV experiences and use (ie, among perpetrators of IPV) and factors associated with disclosures among adult patients seeking mental health services at the Veterans Health Administration.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used electronic medical record data drawn from a quality improvement initiative at 5 Veterans Health Administration medical centers conducted bet

SUBMITTER: Portnoy GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10576210 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature