Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Referral to health and social services for intimate partner violence in health care settings: a realist scoping review
Other Titles:	Trauma, violence & abuse
Authors:	Kirst, Maritt Young, Aynsley Zhang, Yu Janice Ahmad, Farah O'Campo, Patricia Marshall, Alena
Keywords:	Health;Screening;Service provision
Year:	2012
Publisher:	Sage Publications
Citation:	13 (4), October 2012
Notes:	Efficient and coordinated health care responses to intimate partner violence (IPV) are essential, given that health care settings are a major entry point for abused women who seek professional services. However, there is a lack of evidence on how IPV referrals are effectively made within health care settings. In order to help program planners and providers across sectors to address the complex and chronic issue of IPV, a greater understanding of the post-IPV identification referral process is essential. A scoping review of the evidence on IPV referral programs and processes in health care settings was undertaken to provide an overview of the state of evidence and identify pertinent gaps in existing research. The scoping review identified 13 evaluative studies and 6 qualitative, primarily nonevaluative studies that examined IPV referral programs and processes. Evaluative studies involved a variety of designs and IPV referral outcomes. Rich descriptions of barriers and facilitators to seeking referrals by victims and making referrals by health care providers emerged from the evaluative and qualitative studies, but were explored more in depth in the qualitative studies. [?2012 SAGE Publications. All rights reserved. For further information, visit SAGE Publications link.]
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/16554
ISSN:	1524-8380
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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