Provider barriers and facilitators to screening for intimate partner violence in Bogotá, Colombia.
We conducted interviews with 27 health care personnel in Bogotá, Colombia, to examine provider barriers and facilitators to screening for intimate partner violence (IPV). We used systematic qualitative analysis to identify the range and consistency of beliefs. We found that respondents did not routinely screen for IPV. Providers listed numerous barriers to screening. Ways to improve screening included increased clinician training, installing systematic IPV screening, providing patient education, and implementing health care setting interventions. Improving the care for IPV survivors will involve translating health care personnel preferred solutions into more systematic IPV screening interventions.
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. abaig@uchicago.edu
Arshiya A
AA
Baig
Gery W
GW
Ryan
Michael A
MA
Rodriguez
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003105:Colombia; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D024382:Professional Role; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires