title: Evaluation of a curriculum for intimate partner violence screening in a pediatric emergency department.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We sought to describe the assessment of course participant changes in attitudes, self-efficacy, and behaviors after completion of the Its Time to Ask training curriculum for screening for intimate partner violence (IPV) in a pediatric emergency department (PED).
  
  
  METHODS
  A 22-item Likert scale questionnaire was administered at baseline (before training), after training, and at 6-month follow-up to PED employee participants in a 2-hour IPV education program. Mean participant responses were compared between baseline/posttraining and baseline/6-month follow-up. Participants also completed a course-satisfaction survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 79 PED staff completed the baseline questionnaire before the training. Eighty-seven participants completed the posttraining questionnaire, and 48 completed the 6-month follow-up questionnaire. Participants had consistent, positive changes in attitudes after training that persisted at the 6-month follow-up for 5 items on the questionnaire. Attitudes that did not change showed baseline means already in disagreement with questionnaire statements. Participants reported significant, positive changes for all 7 self-efficacy statements at 1 or both of the posttraining evaluations. The only changes in behavior were observed at 6 months. The majority of participants were satisfied with the training and would recommend it to colleagues.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Significant, self-reported changes in attitudes, self-efficacy, and behaviors/clinical practice regarding screening for IPV in a PED can be achieved through participation in a brief training curriculum.
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. jknapp@cmh.edu
authors.forename: Jane F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Knapp
authors.forename: M Denise
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Dowd
authors.forename: Christopher S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stallbaumer-Rouyer
authors.forename: Deborah P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Henderson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003479:Curriculum; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D013179:Spouse Abuse; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires