Citation

Witting MD, Furuno JP, Hirshon JM, Krugman SD, Perisse ARS, Limcangco R. J. Interpers. Violence 2006; 21(5): 585-596.

Affiliation

University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260506286841

PMID

16574634

Abstract

Emergency department (ED) screening for intimate partner violence (IPV) faces logistic difficulties and has uncertain efficacy. We surveyed 146 ED visitors and 108 ED care providers to compare their support for ED IPV screening in three hypothetical scenarios of varying IPV risk. Visitor support for screening was 5 times higher for the high-risk (86%) than for the low-risk (17%) scenario. Providers showed significantly more support for the need for ED IPV screening than visitors. Controlling for confounding by gender, race, experience with IPV, hospital, and marital status did not affect comparisons between groups. These responses indicate greater support for IPV screening in the ED for high-risk than for low-risk cases, particularly among visitors.

Language: en