Citation

Thurston WE, Eisener AC. Trauma Violence Abuse 2006; 7(2): 83-92.

Affiliation

University of Calgary, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1524838005285915

PMID

16534145

Abstract

Domestic violence (DV) screening and prevention interventions have been implemented in the health sector; however, few health care settings have successfully implemented protocols that have been fully integrated and sustained within the larger organization. Researchers have tended to focus on individual-level characteristics of health care providers to explain this. The authors argue that organizational, structural, social, and cultural factors, especially related to gender, also play roles in adoption and integration of these interventions. It is important for policy analysts and program evaluators to use this larger framework to ensure sustainable integration of DV screening programs within health care systems.