Citation

Garcia-Moreno C. Lancet 2002; 359(9316): 1509-1514.

Affiliation

Department of Gender and Women's Health, WHO, 20 Avenue Appia, Geneva 1211, Switzerland. garciamorenoc@who.int

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08417-9

PMID

11988263

Abstract

This article is an overview of the role of health services in secondary and tertiary prevention of intimate partner violence. In it, I review the evidence, which comes mostly from developed countries, on the effectiveness and limitations of in-service training programmes to identify and care for women who have experienced intimate partner violence. I also discuss recent initiatives in developing countries to integrate concerns on gender-based violence into health-care services at different levels, some of the dilemmas and challenges posed by the current approaches to intimate partner violence, and recommendations for future interventions.

Language: en