A Scoping Review of Intimate Partner Violence Screening Programs for Health Care Professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Between 38 and 59 percent of women presenting to health care professionals have experienced intimate partner violence. Consequently, multiple intimate partner violence identification or screening programs within health care settings have been developed; however, substantial variations in program content and interpretation of program effectiveness has resulted in conflicting practice guidelines. The purpose of our scoping review is to broadly identify and synthesize the available literature evaluating intimate partner violence identification programs within health care settings to identify key areas for potential evidence-based recommendations and to focus research priorities in the field.

Materials and methods

We conducted a search of MEDLINE, Embase, Cumulative

SUBMITTER: Sprague S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5158065 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature