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Detection of Intimate Partner Violence in a General Medicine Practice
Lenore F. Soglin, MD1*,
Jeanette Bauchat1,
David F. Soglin2,
and
Gary J. Martin1
1 Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation
2 John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: lsoglin{at}nmff.org.
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In this study, an assessment phase is undertaken to determine intimate partner violence (IPV) prevalence. An anonymous survey is followed by a chart review documenting identification of IPV. Two methods are attempted to increase assessment/documentation of IPV: a physician educational intervention and a nursing routine inquiry intervention in one quadrant of the practice. The IPV physician educational intervention includes didactic sessions, an IPV counselor, and resource information. The routine inquiry intervention involves nurses screening female patients for IPV at check-in. IPV is found to be prevalent in a general medicine clinic. An enhanced educational intervention does not increase IPV documentation. A routine inquiry intervention significantly increases documentation of lifetime IPV but does not impact current IPV identification.
First published on July 30, 2008, doi:10.1177/0886260508316481
Journal of Interpersonal Violence 2009;24:338.
A more recent version of this article appeared on February 1, 2009

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