Web resource:	http://www.churchilltrust.com.au/site_media/fellows/Spangaro_Jo_2004.pdf
Type:	Report
Title:	To study health programs for identification and assessment of sexual and domestic violence : report to the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
Authors:	Spangaro, Jo
Keywords:	Early intervention;Sexual assault;Screening;Measurement;Health;Policy
Year:	2004
Publisher:	Churchill Trust
Notes:	Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (Aust.) This reports the findings of a visit to the USA and Canada in 2004 to study Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner programmes (the use of nurses to conduct forensic examinations for sexual assault victims) and health programmes that respond to domestic violence, in particular, the use of routine screening for domestic violence in health. Contexts of service delivery and routine screening in the US and Canada are provided. Computer-based screening issues are described. Screening case studies are summarised: Medical College Virginia Emergency Room; Johns Hopkins Medical Centre Emergency Room; Vancouver General Hospital and St Paul’s Hospital Emergency Departments. Scope and protocol for their screening are mentioned. Resources are provided; level of violence identified; rate of screening; monitoring activities; successful strategies for implementation; and barriers to screening are also summarised. Post-partum screening at St Paul’s and British Columbia Women’s Hospital (their scope, protocol, level of violence identified, rate of screening, training requirements, strategies for achieving uptake, and barriers to screening) are described. Other domestic violence health initiatives are included, such as documentation of domestic violence presentations; strangulation identification and response; and court house watch initiatives. Recommendations are suggested: that NSW Health could implement a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) programme due to the network of Sexual Assault Services and the number of nurses in Australia with midwifery training providing a pool of nurses; establishing agreement with prosecutors to enhance evidence that nurses provide in court; that NSW Health programme for Routine Screening for Domestic Violence is well-founded and the NSW Health Home Visiting Program could provide opportunities to explore interventions for women in the post-partum period for domestic violence; a need to consider the introduction of routine screening in Emergency Departments (EDs), including the development of a domestic violence chart and strangulation checklist as recording and treatment tools in EDs.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/19243
Physical description:	33 p.
Appears in Collections:	Reports

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