How far does screening women for partner violence in different health care settings meet the UK National Screening Committee criteria for a screening programme in terms of condition, screening method and intervention?

Feder G, Ramsay J, Dunne D, Rose M, Arsene C, Norman R, Kuntze S, Spencer A, Bacchus L, Hague G, Warburton A, Taket A
Record ID 32006000431
English
Authors' objectives:

The two objectives were: (1) to identify, appraise and synthesise research that is relevant to selected UK National Screening Committee (NSC) criteria for a screening programme in relation to partner violence; and (2) to judge whether current evidence fulfils selected NSC criteria for the implementation of screening for partner violence in health-care settings.

Authors' recommendations: Currently there is insufficient evidence to implement a screening programme for partner violence against women either in health services generally or in specific clinical settings. Recommendations for further research include: trials of system-level interventions and of psychological and advocacy interventions; trials to test theoretically explicit interventions to help understand what works for whom, when and in what contexts; qualitative studies exploring what women want from interventions; cohort studies measuring risk factors,resilience factors and the lifetime trajectory of partner violence; and longitudinal studies measuring the longterm prognosis for survivors of partner violence.
Details
Project Status: Completed
URL for project: http://www.hta.ac.uk/1501
Year Published: 2009
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
  • Battered Women
  • Domestic Violence
  • Intimate Partner Violence
  • Mass Screening
  • Spouse Abuse
Contact
Organisation Name: NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
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Contact Email: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
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