Validity of the ACTS intimate partner violence screen in antenatal care: a cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major public health problem with harmful consequences. In Australia, there is no national standard screening tool and screening practice is variable across states. The objectives of this study were to assess in the antenatal healthcare setting: i) the validity of a new IPV brief screening tool and ii) women's preference for screening response format, screening frequency and comfort level.

Methods

One thousand sixty-seven antenatal patients in a major metropolitan Victorian hospital in Australia completed a paper-based, self-administered survey. The survey included four screening items about whether they were Afraid/Controlled/Threatened/Slapped or physically hurt (ACTS) by a partner or ex-partner in the last 12 months; and the

SUBMITTER: Hegarty K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8461928 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature