Open AccessScreening for partner violence in the early postpartum period: are we missing families most at risk of experiencing violence?
Author(s) -
Tamara Taillieu,
Douglas A. Brownridge,
Marni Brownell
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
canadian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1920-7476
pISSN - 0008-4263
DOI - 10.17269/s41997-019-00266-5
Subject(s) - domestic violence , medicine , logistic regression , population , public health , demography , descriptive statistics , prenatal care , poison control , suicide prevention , environmental health , nursing , statistics , mathematics , sociology
In Manitoba, government policy is for public health nurses to screen families with newborns within 1-week post-discharge for risk factors associated with poor child developmental health. The purpose of this study was to compare the characteristics of families who are screened for intimate partner violence (IPV) with families without a documented response to an IPV screen item. This information can be used to help identify and target families in need of support whose needs are not being met within the current system.