How to screen for intimate partner violence.

Domestic violence affects individuals in every part of the world, regardless of age, economic status, race, religion, nationality, or educational background. In the United States, domestic violence affects as many as 3 million women each year. Physicians and other health care providers have a unique opportunity to screen their patients-both female and male-for domestic violence or abuse.

'Linking the orthopaedic patient with community family violence resources'.

An early article on health system response to domestic abuse by Randall in JAMA stated that health providers may be the first and only professionals in a position to recognize violence in their patient's lives. Health providers see many more victims of domestic violence than they realize. In fact, victims of domestic violence will interact with their health providers for both routine and abuse-related care.

Assessing the success of the WomanKind program: an integrated model of 24-hour health care response to domestic violence.

Purpose: The WomanKind program, a non-profit health care based program for for victims of domestic/intimate partner violence (IPV), seeks to enable and motivate health care providers to identify victims of such violence and refer them to WomanKind's in-house services. An evaluation designed to assess client referral to WomanKind services and the impact of health care provider training was carried out.

Methods: Data were collected at three intervals over a 2-year period at 3 intervention and 2 comparison hospitals located in Minneapolis, MN.