Addressing Intimate Partner Violence, Reproductive and Sexual Coercion: A Guide for Obstetric, Gynecologic and Reproductive Health Care Settings

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Chamberlain ◽  
Rebecca Levenson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Reproductive Health Care

Challenges of Seeking Reproductive Health Care in People Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052095962
Author(s):  
Carly O’Connor-Terry ◽  
Danielle Burton ◽  
Tejasvi Gowda ◽  
Adrianne Laing ◽  
Judy C. Chang
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Reproductive Health Care ◽  
Title X

Title X is a federally funded family planning initiative that provides low-cost and confidential reproductive health services to its clients. In recent years, Title X has been the subject of debate as its core tenants have been revised by the current administration. Though advocates have fought against these changes, the voices of survivors on intimate partner violence are absent from this conversation. This study was designed to elicit the opinions and experiences on survivors of intimate partner violence on reproductive decision-making, their access to care, and their opinions about political efforts to restrict this access. Twenty-six semi-structured interviews were conducted with women who were seeking services for intimate partner violence. These interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and coded. Codes were then organized into themes. Participants endorsed the need for confidential services due to experiences of coercion from their partners and the fear of retaliation against them. Participants largely supported accessible contraception but reported the need for contraception to be reliable. Participants addressed pregnancy and its many complexities and advocated for nondirective options-counseling. Overall, participants spoke about their challenges with reproductive health care and their opinions on how best to service survivors of intimate partner violence. This study asserts the need for advocates for survivors to advocate for the preservation of Title X and establishes the need for future studies on the prevalence of intimate partner violence in Title X clinics.

Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Across Medical and Surgical Health Care Settings

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila Sprague ◽  
J. Carel Goslings ◽  
Celine Hogentoren ◽  
Simone de Milliano ◽  
Nicole Simunovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Health Care Settings

Intimate Partner Violence and Use of Primary and Emergency Care: The Role of Informal Social Support

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
Nicole Geovana Dias ◽  
Ana Isabel Ribeiro ◽  
Ana Henriques ◽  
Joaquim Soares ◽  
Eleni Hatzidimitriadou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Informal Social Support

Abstract Social support may encourage victims to disclose their experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV), but also to seek the appropriate help and care in the social and health services. Using data from a multicenter European project, DOVE (Domestic Violence Against women/men in Europe—prevalence, determinants, effects, and policies/practices), the present study aimed at measuring the frequency of primary care and emergency use according to IPV types of victimization, and to investigate whether victims receiving different levels of informal social support are using health care differently. Results suggested a significant association between IPV types and use of emergency services, and no association was found regarding primary care services. Victims of physical abuse and sexual coercion went to the emergency department (ED) more frequently (more than once a year). Also, victims of physical abuse receiving low social support visited an ED more frequently than those with high social support, whereas victims of sexual coercion with high informal social support went more often to the ED compared with victims of sexual coercion with low social support, even after controlling for other covariates. These results seem to suggest that social support has a significant role in the decision to use health care among victims of IPV.

scholarly journals Assessing Intimate Partner Violence in Health Care Settings Leads to Women's Receipt of Interventions and Improved Health

2006 ◽  
Vol 121 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura A. McCloskey ◽  
Erika Lichter ◽  
Corrine Williams ◽  
Megan Gerber ◽  
Eve Wittenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Health Care Settings

scholarly journals Screening women for intimate partner violence in health care settings

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Taft ◽  
Kelsey Hegarty ◽  
Jean Ramsay ◽  
Gene Feder ◽  
Yvonne Carter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Health Care Settings

Trajectories for women who disclose intimate partner violence in health care settings: the key role of abuse severity

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (8) ◽  
pp. 873-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Nadine Wathen ◽  
Masako Tanaka ◽  
Jennifer C. D. MacGregor ◽  
Mark A. Ferro ◽  
Christine McKee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Abuse Severity
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