title: Intimate partner violence screening and counseling in the health care setting: Perception of provider-based discussions as a strategic response to IPV.
abstract: Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects women worldwide, and is addressable in the health care setting not only via screening, but also through provider-based counseling and referral to legal or social services, as appropriate. We conducted a study in Pennsylvania (USA) examining factors associated with receipt of IPV screening and women's perceptions of counseling discussions as a strategic response. We found that women with past-year IPV were more likely to receive screening (aOR: 2.0, 95%CI: 1.2,3.5) and to consider counseling discussions to be a strategic response to IPV exposure (aOR: 2.7, 95%CI: 1.008,7.2) than women with a more distant history of IPV. Scholars and clinicians may learn that, especially for women with a recent history of IPV, screening may provide a conduit to meaningful counseling discussions and referrals that women view as a helpful strategy in responding to IPV.
authors.affiliation: a College of Medicine , Pennsylvania State University , Hershey , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Alexa L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Swailes
authors.affiliation: b Department of Public Health Sciences , College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University , Hershey , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Erik B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Lehman
authors.affiliation: b Department of Public Health Sciences , College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University , Hershey , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Amanda N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.affiliation: c Department of Medicine , Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center , Hershey , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: McCall-Hosenfeld
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003376:Counseling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D010465:Perception; D015143:Philadelphia; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology*