Women's experiences and expectations of intimate partner abuse identification in healthcare settings: a qualitative evidence synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore women's experiences and expectations of intimate partner abuse (IPA) disclosure and identification in healthcare settings, focusing on the process of disclosure/identification rather than the healthcare responses that come afterwards.

Design

Systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies DATA SOURCES: Relevant studies were sourced by using keywords to search the databases MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsychINFO, SocINDEX and ASSIA in September 2021.

Eligibility criteria

Studies needed to focus on women's views about IPA disclosure and identification in healthcare settings, use qualitative methods and have been published in the last 5 years.

Data extraction and synthesis

Relevant data were extracted into a customised template. The C

SUBMITTER: Korab-Chandler E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9289017 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature