title: Use of nonmedical and pediatric primary care medical services by families who call police for domestic violence-related issues.
abstract: This study considers domestic violence (DV) victims' court and social service utilization (n = 86). We next examine the victims' pediatric provider to explore pediatricians' roles in a community-based response to DV. Sixty-five percent of the sample who used DV-related services interacted with the pediatric community. Pediatric inner-city clinic-based patients appear in the welfare management system and child protective system at similar rates as private pediatric patients. However, clinic-based patients appear in family court more than privately based patients (91% vs. 57%). Data suggest that all pediatric providers should screen, assess, and refer parents for DV.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Rochester General Hospital, 300 Crittenden Boulevard, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
authors: Danielle
authors: D
authors: Thomas-Taylor
authors: Catherine
authors: C
authors: Cerulli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002662:Child Health Services; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003416:Criminal Law; D017579:Domestic Violence; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics; D010819:Physician's Role; D010820:Physicians; D016495:Police; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012947:Social Work; D014504:Urban Health