1. Implementing a domestic violence screening program
- Author
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Floresha K. Redmond, Mary Pugh, Joseph Bledsoe, Sarah Majercik, Jolene Fox, and Suzanne Day
- Subjects
Program evaluation ,Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Domestic Violence ,Poison control ,Pilot Projects ,Emergency Nursing ,Critical Care Nursing ,Suicide prevention ,Occupational safety and health ,Trauma Centers ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Health care ,Injury prevention ,Outcome Assessment, Health Care ,Medicine ,Humans ,Mass Screening ,Program Development ,Child ,Advanced and Specialized Nursing ,business.industry ,Health Plan Implementation ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,United States ,Family medicine ,Needs assessment ,Domestic violence ,Wounds and Injuries ,Female ,Medical emergency ,business ,Needs Assessment ,Program Evaluation - Abstract
The purpose of this study was to design and implement a domestic violence (DV) screening protocol. Trauma patients meeting inclusion criteria (hospitalized > 48 hours) were given a four question DV screen. If abuse was found, a comprehensive DV questionnaire followed. Barriers to screening and results were recorded. Compliance during the pilot test showed 23 of 157 (14.6%) admitted patients were screened. In the implementation year, 446 of 721 (61.9%) were screened. During the 10-month follow-up, 499 of 619 (80.6%) patients were screened. Lack of social work resources was the primary barrier to screening, but compliance increased and was maintained after the study period.
- Published
- 2015