Sexual minoritized women (SMW) are more likely than exclusively heterosexual women to experience intimate partner violence (IPV). We conducted in-depth interviews with a clinic-based sample of plurisexual SMW ( = 25) ages 18 to 34 about the gender of their perpetrators. Participants primarily experienced physical and sexual IPV in relationships with men and emotional abuse in relationships with women.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic focused attention on long-term care facilities' need for infection-control policies that balanced community safety and individual well-being. Infection-control policies were often developed, implemented, and mandated without the input or involvement of those who are most affected: residents and their family members, administrators, and staff. This failure led to declines in residents' physical and mental health.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the measurement properties of a set of six items designed to elicit narrative accounts of pediatric inpatient experience.
Data Sources: Data came from 163 participants recruited from a probability-based online panel of U.S.
J Womens Health (Larchmt)
September 2021
Intimate partner violence (IPV) and substance use are intersecting health problems that adversely impact sexual and reproductive health outcomes for women seeking care at family planning (FP) clinics. We aimed to characterize whether and how FP clinic providers (1) assessed for IPV and substance use and (2) combined IPV and substance use assessments. Providers and patients (female, 18-29 years old, English speaking) at four FP clinics participating in a larger randomized controlled trial on provider communication skills were eligible.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntimate partner violence (IPV) and reproductive coercion impact women seeking care at family planning (FP) clinics. Interventions to facilitate patient-provider conversations about healthy relationships are needed. We sought to determine the added effect of providing psychoeducational messages to patients compared with tailored provider scripts alone on sexual and reproductive health outcomes at 4-6 months.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health problem that disproportionately affects adolescent women seeking family planning services. Current clinical guidelines recommend routine IPV assessment yet provide limited guidance on how to establish patient comfort in addressing this sensitive issue. Few studies exist describing the perspectives of adolescent female patients who have experienced IPV and their suggestions on how providers should communicate about IPV.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFamily planning (FP) providers are in an optimal position to address harmful partner behaviors, yet face several barriers. We assessed the effectiveness of an interactive app to facilitate implementation of patient-provider discussions about intimate partner violence (IPV), reproductive coercion (RC), a wallet-sized educational card, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We randomized participants (English-speaking females, ages 16-29 years) from four FP clinics to two arms: Trauma-Informed Personalized Scripts (TIPS)-Plus and TIPS-Basic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFViolence against women and girls is an important global health concern. Numerous health organizations highlight engaging men and boys in preventing violence against women as a potentially impactful public health prevention strategy. Adapted from an international setting for use in the US, "Manhood 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: Despite multiple calls for clinic-based services to identify and support women victimized by partner violence, screening remains uncommon in family planning clinics. Furthermore, traditional screening, based on disclosure of violence, may miss women who fear reporting their experiences. Strategies that are sensitive to the signs, symptoms and impact of trauma require exploration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Women ages 16-29 utilizing family planning clinics for medical services experience higher rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) and reproductive coercion (RC) than their same-age peers, increasing risk for unintended pregnancy and related poor reproductive health outcomes. Brief interventions integrated into routine family planning care have shown promise in reducing risk for RC, but longer-term intervention effects on partner violence victimization, RC, and unintended pregnancy have not been examined.
Methods/design: The 'Addressing Reproductive Coercion in Health Settings (ARCHES)' Intervention Study is a cluster randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a brief, clinician-delivered universal education and counseling intervention to reduce IPV, RC and unintended pregnancy compared to standard-of-care in family planning clinic settings.
Background: Sexual minority women are more likely than heterosexual women to have ever experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). Although IPV is associated with sexual risk and poor reproductive health outcomes among US women overall, little is known about whether IPV is related to sexual and reproductive health indicators among sexual minority women in particular.
Methods: Baseline data from a prospective intervention trial were collected from women ages 16-29 years at 24 family planning clinics in western PA (n=3,455).