A comparison of the training needs of maternity and sexual health professionals in a London teaching hospital with regards to routine enquiry for domestic abuse

Public Health

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 472-478

  Torres Vitolas, C ^a   Bacchus, L J ^b   Aston, G ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Domestic abuse; Knowledge; Routine enquiry; Training

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MATERNAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TRAINING;

ABUSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL HEALTH; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPOUSE ABUSE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956057507     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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