Screening for domestic violence and childhood exposure in families seeking care at an urban pediatric clinic.
In a survey of 133 caregivers in a pediatric clinic, 30 women (23%) disclosed domestic violence, with 2 reporting coercive control but not physical violence. Seventeen women stated that a child had been exposed as well. Domestic violence is not a "private" adult problem; further study of an appropriate pediatric-based screener is needed.
Bair-Merritt
Megan H
MH
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. mbairme1@jhmi.edu
Jennings
Jacky M
JM
Eaker
Kristen
K
Tuman
Judith Levsky
JL
Park
Sun Min
SM
Cheng
Tina L
TL
D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014504:Urban Health