The effect of a community-based intimate-partner violence advocacy program in the emergency department on identification rate of intimate-partner violence.
A retrospective medical record review assessed identification rate of women acutely injured by intimate-partner violence before and after implementation of an Emergency Department (ED) intimate-partner violence advocacy program. After program implementation, the identification rate of intimate-partner violence increased over 40%. Of the 19 physicians in the ED during both time periods, 17 (89%) identified more cases after the program began (p < 0.003). Implementation of a community-based intimate-partner violence advocacy program in the ED resulted in an increased identification rate of intimate violence.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018585:Battered Women; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008923:Missouri