Exploring the Relationships Between Rehabilitation and Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health crisis affecting one in three women and one in ten men in their lifetimes. Rehabilitation professionals are highly likely to encounter survivors of IPV in their practice; yet, there exists no formal review assessing the relationship between IPV and rehabilitation. Our objective was to understand the types and contexts of rehabilitation care currently available for survivors of IPV, opportunities identified in the literature for rehabilitation care, and IPV awareness and education among rehabilitation providers. A search strategy related to IPV and four rehabilitation professionals of interest (occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech-language pathology/therapy, and physiatry) was developed across 10 databases and complemented by a gray

SUBMITTER: Toccalino D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10913349 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature