Management of the whole family when intimate partner violence is present : guidelines for primary care physicians

Council Against Violence

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Council Against Violence	en
dc.date.accessioned	2022-06-30T23:34:42Z	-
dc.date.available	2022-06-30T23:34:42Z	-
dc.date.issued	2006	en
dc.identifier.isbn	9781921028281	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/17742	-
dc.format	12p	en
dc.language	en	en
dc.publisher	Victoria Dept of Justice	en
dc.subject	Health	en
dc.subject	Child protection	en
dc.subject	Standards	en
dc.subject	Screening	en
dc.title	Management of the whole family when intimate partner violence is present : guidelines for primary care physicians	en
dc.type	Policy/Protocol	en
dc.identifier.catalogid	6061	en
dc.subject.keyword	Protocol	en
dc.subject.keyword	Victoria	en
dc.subject.keyword	new_record	en
dc.subject.keyword	Policy	en
dc.subject.keyword	Electronic publication	en
dc.subject.keyword	Policy - Protocol	en
dc.description.notes	This is a set of guidelines, published by the Victorian Government, for primary care physicians (family physicians or general practitioners) when dealing with families experiencing intimate partner violence. It includes definitions of intimate partner violence including in all types of relationships (heterosexual, gay and lesbian, bisexual and transgender relationships). This is based on international collaboration, using a formal consensus method that developed guidelines on whole family care.<br/ ><br/ >The set of 31 consensus recommendations are to guide primary care physicians in the identification and management of patients experiencing partner violence, those who abuse and their children.<br/ ><br/ >Recommendations on identification include that family practitioners should routinely ask all pregnant adult and adolescent women about partner violence and in other situations, should ask patients with symptoms of partner violence and those with symptoms of abusive behaviour.<br/ ><br/ >Recommendations on safety include: if previously seeing the couple, consider referring one partner to another colleague; assess the patient’s safety, risk of harm to themselves and others; ask about any weapons; and discuss a safety plan with the abused patient.<br/ ><br/ >Recommendations on children and parenting include: discuss any parenting concerns in the partner abuse context; assess the risk to and adult perception of the impact on children; consider the risk to and children’s perception of the impact on their lives; consider children’s access to significant supportive others; offer referral of children to therapeutic support; report children at risk according to mandatory laws; consider the patient’s level of fear about the children’s removal; assess patient’s level of social support; do not offer couple counselling in practice; ongoing monitoring of the woman, her partner and children for safety and progress.<br/ ><br/ >Recommendations on documentation include: document comprehensively and carefully; ensure posters and leaflets in the clinic waiting area offer support and referral to the patient; seek own and staff family violence training for management of all family members experiencing partner violence; ensure patient file is confidential and not accessible to other family members; use a clinic protocol for monitoring danger to patient and other family members by any clinician seeing patient; and ensure staff safety protocol includes the risk from and needs of those patients.	en
dc.date.entered	2006-08-15	en
dc.publisher.place	Melbourne	en
dc.description.physicaldescription	12 p.	en
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