Barriers to Screening and Possibilities for Active Detection of Family Medicine Attendees Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence

Abstract

In 1996 the World Health Organization declared intimate partner violence (IPV) the most important public health problem. Meta-analyses in 2013 showed every third female globally had been a victim of violence. Experts find screening controversial; family medicine is the preferred environment for identifying victims of violence, but barriers on both sides prevent patients from discussing it with doctors.

Keywords

• domestic violence
• qualitative research
• mass screening
• early diagnosis/early detection
• nasilje v partnerskih odnosih
• kvalitativna analiza
• presejanje
• dejavno odkrivanje