Health sector responses to intimate partner violence : a literature review

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dc.contributor.authorRees, Kateen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorZweigenthal, Virginiaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorJoyner, Kateen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-12T10:33:43Z
dc.date.available2015-03-12T10:33:43Z
dc.date.issued2014-11
dc.descriptionCITATION: Rees, K., Zweigenthal, V. & Joyner, K. 2014. Health sector responses to intimate partner violence: A literature review. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 6(1): 1-8. doi: 10.4102/phcfm.v6i1.712.en_ZA
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dc.description.abstractBackground: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a common and serious public health concern, particularly in South Africa, but it is not well managed in primary care. Aim: This review aims to summarise the current state of knowledge regarding health sector-based interventions for IPV, their integration into health systems and services and the perspectives of service users and healthcare workers on IPV care, focusing on the South African context. Method: PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO and Google Scholar were searched between January 2012 and May 2014. All types of study design were included, critically appraised and summarised. Results: Exposure to IPV leads to wide-ranging and serious health effects. There is sufficient evidence that intervening in IPV in primary care can improve outcomes. Women who have experienced IPV have described an appropriate response by healthcare providers to be non-judgmental, understanding and empathetic. IPV interventions that are complex, comprehensive and utilise systems-wide approaches have been most effective, but system- and society-level barriers hamper implementation. Gender inequities should not be overlooked when responding to IPV. Conclusion: Further evaluations of health sector responses to IPV are needed, in order to assist health services to determine the most appropriate models of care, how these can be integrated into current systems and how they can be supported in managing IPV. The need for this research should not prevent health services and healthcare providers from implementing IPV care, but rather should guide the development of rigorous contextually-appropriate evaluations.en
dc.description.urihttp://www.phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/712
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent8 pages
dc.identifier.citationRees, K., Zweigenthal, V. & Joyner, K. 2014. Health sector responses to intimate partner violence: a literature review. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 6(1): 1-8. doi: 10.4102/phcfm.v6i1.712en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2071-2936 (online)
dc.identifier.issn2071-2928 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi: 10.4102/phcfm.v6i1.712
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96281
dc.language.isoen_ZAen
dc.publisherAOSIS Publishingen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectAbused women -- Services for -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectIntimate partner violence -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectAbused women -- Medical care -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleHealth sector responses to intimate partner violence : a literature reviewen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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