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Published on: July 4, 2013
Support for emergency department screening for intimate partner violence depends on perceived risk
Michael D Witting1, Jon P Furuno, Jon Mark Hirshon
1Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 S. Paca St., 6th Floor, Suite 200, Baltimore, 21201, USA. mwitt001@umaryland.edu
Abstract:
Emergency department (ED) screening for intimate partner violence (IPV) faces logistic difficulties and has uncertain efficacy. We surveyed 146 ED visitors and 108 ED care providers to compare their support for ED IPV screening in three hypothetical scenarios of varying IPV risk. Visitor support for screening was 5 times higher for the high-risk (86%) than for the low-risk (17%) scenario. Providers showed significantly more support for the need for ED IPV screening than visitors. Controlling for confounding by gender, race, experience with IPV, hospital, and marital status did not affect comparisons between groups. These responses indicate greater support for IPV screening in the ED for high-risk than for low-risk cases, particularly among visitors.
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