A scoping review of intimate partner violence educational programs for health care professionals

Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a well-known public health problem occurring worldwide. With a multisectoral approach being emphasized in addressing IPV, the health sector has a key role to play due to many IPV victims who appear in health facilities without their needs being met. A well-designed and implemented IPV curriculum is necessary for effectively training health care professionals to provide quality IPV care and related services. This integrative review was conducted to establish evidence for existing curricular limitations and recommendations for training health care providers to respond to IPV. Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted for studies published from 2000 to 2020 in five databases (PubMed, Science Direct, Cochrane Library, Google, and Scholar). As a criterion, studies that reported curricular limitations in training health care providers/professionals to address IPV were included. A total of 198 studies were identified for screening, with 16 studies meeting the inclusion criteria and included in the review. Findings: Curricular limitations for IPV response training for health care providers were reported in the following areas (themes): time allocated for the training, amount of content in the existing curricula, institutional endorsement for the content, IPV response teachers/facilitators, teaching and learning strategies, and funding to support curricular implementation. Various recommendations to improving IPV response training were provided including guaranteeing the training in all courses, increasing academic capability to teach the content, allocation of funding to improve infrastructure for curriculum development and implementation, comprehensive approaches to teaching, and continuing education for health care providers.

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Top 10 Things Every Radiologist Needs to Know About Intimate Partner Violence

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal ◽

10.1177/0846537120956542 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 084653712095654

Author(s):

Paige Guyatt ◽

Sofia Bzovsky ◽

Mohit Bhandari ◽

Sheila Sprague

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Journal Articles ◽

Injury Patterns ◽

Effective Training ◽

Nonfatal Injury ◽

Key Questions

Introduction: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is considered to be the leading cause of nonfatal injury to women worldwide. Moreover, the need for effective training for health care professionals (HCPs) and protocol for addressing IPV in health care contexts are well-documented. This article addresses key questions that radiologists may have related to supporting patients who have experienced IPV. Methods: Peer-reviewed journal articles and other formal reports were located using Google Scholar and PubMed in order to assemble this review. Conclusions: Radiologists are well-equipped to help identify possible instances of IPV if they are aware of the injury patterns commonly associated with IPV. Along with other HCPs, radiologists can also advocate for the implementation of protocols that will guide their responses to victims of IPV within their own health care institution.

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Interventions in Health Settings for Male Perpetrators or Victims of Intimate Partner Violence

Trauma Violence & Abuse ◽

10.1177/1524838017744772 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 123-137 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Laura Tarzia ◽

Kirsty Forsdike ◽

Gene Feder ◽

Kelsey Hegarty

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Alcohol Treatment ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Synthesis Methods ◽

Care Services ◽

Male Perpetrators

Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is common in patients attending health-care services and is associated with a range of health problems. The majority of IPV perpetrators are men, and a substantial minority of men are victims, yet health-care professionals have little evidence or guidance on how to respond to male patients who perpetrate or experience violence in their intimate relationships. Methods: We conducted a systematic review to determine the effectiveness of interventions for male perpetrators or victims of IPV in health settings. Online databases, reference lists, Google Scholar, and gray literature were searched, and inclusion/exclusion criteria were applied. Narrative synthesis methods were used due to the heterogeneity of study types and outcome measures. Results: Fourteen studies describing 10 interventions met our inclusion criteria: nine randomized controlled trials, four cohort studies, and one case-control study. Interventions were predominantly therapeutic in nature and many were conducted in alcohol treatment settings. Conclusion: Overall, the evidence for effectiveness of interventions in health-care settings was weak, although IPV interventions conducted concurrently with alcohol treatment show some promise. More work is urgently needed in health-care services to determine what interventions might be effective, and in what settings, to improve the response to male perpetrators or victims of IPV.

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Barriers to Disclosure of Intimate Partner Violence among Female Patients Availing Services at Tertiary Care Psychiatric Hospitals: A Qualitative Study

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice ◽

10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_14_18 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 09 (03) ◽

pp. 326-330 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Mysore Narasimha Vranda ◽

Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar ◽

D. Muralidhar ◽

N. Janardhana ◽

P. T. Sivakumar

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Mental Health Care ◽

Mental Health Professionals ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Psychiatric Setting

ABSTRACT Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV)/domestic violence is one of the significant public health problems, but little is known about the barriers to disclosure in tertiary care psychiatric settings. Methodology: One hundred women seeking inpatient or outpatient services at a tertiary care psychiatric setting were recruited for study using purposive sampling. A semi-structured interview was administered to collect the information from women with mental illness experiencing IPV to know about their help-seeking behaviors, reasons for disclosure/nondisclosure of IPV, perceived feelings experienced after reporting IPV, and help received from the mental health professionals (MHPs) following the disclosure of violence. Results: The data revealed that at the patient level, majority of the women chose to conceal their abuse from the mental health-care professionals, fearing retaliation from their partners if they get to know about the disclosure of violence. At the professional level, lack of privacy was another important barrier for nondisclosure where women reported that MHPs discussed the abuse in the presence of their violent partners. Conclusion: The findings of the study brought out the need for mandatory screening of violence and designing tailor-made multicomponent interventions for mental health care professionals at psychiatric setting in India.

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Development of an Innovative Treatment Paradigm for Intimate Partner Violence Victims With Depression and Pain Using Community-Based Participatory Research

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/0886260516628810 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 33 (17) ◽

pp. 2704-2724 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Ellen Poleshuck ◽

Catherine Mazzotta ◽

Kathryn Resch ◽

Adriana Rogachefsky ◽

Kelly Bellenger ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Participatory Research ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Community Based Participatory Research ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Community Advisory Board ◽

Public Health Issue ◽

Community Based

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health issue with complex physical health, mental health and social consequences that can exacerbate survivors’ barriers to health care engagement and support. Furthermore, health care professionals are often unaware of or feel ill-equipped to address survivors’ complex needs. Depression and chronic pain are particularly prevalent co-occurring problems for survivors and can impede engagement and outcomes in traditional health care. This study’s purpose was to understand what interventions might be more responsive to survivors’ myriad needs, particularlly those with depression and pain. Survivors were involved with the design, execution, analysis, and interpretation of results, based on community-based participatory research principles. Intervention development happened in two phases: the first consisted of focus groups with survivors to inform the intervention and the second included intervention design, informed by a community advisory board (CAB). Thirty-one survivors participated in Phase 1, and they reported preferring a range of support including formal help-seeking, informal coping strategies, and spirituality. In Phase 2, the CAB (comprised of survivors, health care professionals, and researchers) identified three distinct aspects of a comprehensive IPV intervention: (a) education regarding both the complex health issues and available local resources; (b) an integrated consultation service for providers to seek recommendations for responding to the full spectrum of survivors’ needs; and (c) a trauma-informed, accessible clinic. Academic medical centers could not have designed this intervention in isolation; survivors and providers played an integral part of this process, and continue to inform our current work.

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