title: Healthcare providers' experiences screening for intimate partner violence among migrant and seasonal farmworking women: A phenomenological study.
abstract: Migrant and seasonal farmworking (MSFW) women patients experience substantially more intimate partner violence (IPV) than the general population, but few health-care providers screen patients for IPV. While researchers have examined screening practices in health-care settings, none have exclusively focused on MSFW women.
  
  
  
  The aim of this phenomenological study was to explore the experiences of health-care providers who have screened for and/or addressed IPV with MSFW women patients.
  
  
  
  Researchers utilized descriptive phenomenology to capture the lived experiences of these health-care providers. Data were analysed using Colaizzi's seven-stage framework.
  
  
  
  Interviews were conducted with nine female participants - all of whom: (i) were clinically active health-care providers within the MSFW community, (ii) were bilingual in English and Spanish or had access to a translator, (iii) had treated MSFW patients who had experienced IPV and (iv) were at least 18 years of age.
  
  
  
  Participants' experiences were reflected in four emergent themes: (i) provider-centered factors, (ii) patient-centered factors, (iii) clinic-centered factors and (iv) community-centered factors. Participants described barriers to establish routine IPV assessment, decrease patient ambivalence and increase on-site support and community resources.
  
  
  
  This study aimed to generate a greater understanding of the experiences of health-care providers with screening for and addressing IPV with MSFW patients. Implications and recommendations for research, clinical practice and policy are provided.
authors.affiliation: Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, OK, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Damon L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Rappleyea
authors.affiliation: East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hodgson
authors.affiliation: East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Brimhall
authors.affiliation: East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Tana L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.affiliation: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA.
authors.forename: Alyssa P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000067565:Farmers; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: health care; intimate partner violence; migrant farmworker; screening; seasonal farmworker