Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Intimate partner violence: the end of routine screening
Other Titles:	The lancet
Authors:	Jewkes, Rachel
Keywords:	Screening;Prevention;Early intervention;Health;Counselling;Service provision
Year:	2013
Publisher:	J. Onwhyn
Citation:	382 (9888), 20–26 July 2013
Notes:	This brief comment highlights the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) and the need to prioritise prevention and other responses by health professionals. There have been varying levels of support for identifying asymptomatic women through screening processes; however evidence of the value of such screening is equivocal. In a discussion of the WEAVE study, which utilised a randomised controlled trial method to measure the effectiveness of particular interventions (reported on by Hegarty et al., pp. 249-258 this issue of The Lancet) and two other studies from high income countries, Jewkes states that interventions following screening did not improve women’s health. Jewkes asserts that questioning patients about intimate partner violence is a valuable starting point but routine screening and treatment with a standard intervention is not adequate. She suggests new initiatives be used including psycho-behavioural interventions employed in an antenatal setting and screening for IPV perpetration by men followed by interventions designed to curb their use of violence.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/15474
ISSN:	0140-6736
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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