Caring for victims of intimate partner violence: A survey of Canadian emergency departments

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-328

  McClennan, Sarah ^a   Worster, Andrew ^a   MacMillan, Harriet ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Emergency department; Emergency medicine; Intimate partner violence; Policies; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE MANAGER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; TREND STUDY; VICTIM;

EID: 54349126972     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500010290     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Swanson L. Abuse against women a public health issue: MD. CMAJ 2000;162:848.
2. McLeer SV, Anwar R. A study of battered women presenting in an emergency department. Am J Public Health 1989;79:65-6.
3. Clark JP, Du Mont J. Intimate partner violence and health: a critique of Canadian prevalence studies. Can J Public Health 2003;94:52-8.
4. Abbott P, Williamson E. Women, health and domestic violence. J Gend Stud 1999;8:83-102.
5. Muelleman RL, Feighny KM. Effects of an emergency department-based advocacy program for battered women on community resource utilization. Ann Emerg Med 1999;33:62-6.
6. Dearwater SR, Coben JH, Campbell JC, et al. Prevalence of intimate partner violence in women treated at community hospital emergency departments. JAMA 1998;280:433-8.
7. Ernst AA, Nick TG, Weiss SJ, et al. Domestic violence in an inner-city ED. Ann Emerg Med 1997;30:190-7.
8. Statistics Canada. Family violence in Canada. Ottawa (ON): Statistics Canada; 1994.
9. Morrison LJ, Allan R, Grunfeld A. Improving the emergency department detection rate of domestic violence using direct questioning. J Emerg Med 2000; 19:117-24.
10. Glass N, Dearwater S, Campbell J. Intimate partner violence screening and intervention: data from eleven Pennsylvania and California community hospital emergency departments. J Emerg Nurs 2001;27:141-9.
11. Wathen CN, MacMillan HL. Interventions for violence against women: scientific review. JAMA 2003;289:589-600.
12. Cole TB. Is domestic violence screening helpful? JAMA 2000;284:551-3.
13. Wathen CN. MacMillan HL and the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. Prevention of violence against women: recommendation statement from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. CMAJ 2003; 169:582-4.
14. US Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for family and intimate partner violence: recommendation statement. Ann Fam Med 2004;2:156-60.
15. Hotch D, Grunfeld A, Mackay K, et al. Policy and procedures for domestic violence patients in Canadian emergency departments: a national survey. J Emerg Nurs 1996;22:278-82.
16. Anglin D, Sachs C. Preventive care in the emergency department: screening for domestic violence in the emergency department. Acad Emerg Med 2003;10:1118-27.