Prevalence of domestic violence in community practice and rate of physician inquiry
dc.contributor.author | Hamberger, L. Kevin | |
dc.contributor.author | Saunders, Daniel G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hovey, Margaret | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-13T02:41:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-08-13T02:41:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1992 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Family Medicine, 24, 256-260. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92459> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92459 | |
dc.description | Copyright 1992 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (www.stfm.org) | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: National surveys show that each year in the United States approximately 2 million women are battered by their husbands. Only a small percentage of these women are identified by physicians. The objective of this research was to determine the incidence and prevalence of spouse abuse among women seeking health care in a family practice clinic (or setting). METHODS: During a two-month period, all adult women seeking health care from a family practice clinic in a medium-sized Midwestern community were asked to complete an anonymous questionnaire about whether they had ever been physically assaulted by their partners. RESULTS: Of 476 consecutive women seen in practice, 394 (82.7%) agreed to participate. Of these, 22.7% had been physically assaulted by their partners within the last year. The lifetime rate of physical abuse was 38.8%. Only six women in the sample had ever been asked about abuse by their physician in a recent visit [corrected]. CONCLUSIONS: Although spouse abuse is common, physicians rarely ask about it. Physicians should be trained to detect and assess abuse among female patients. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Society of Teachers of Family Medicine | en_US |
dc.subject | Domestic Violence | en_US |
dc.subject | Physician Inquiry | en_US |
dc.subject | Family Medicine | en_US |
dc.title | Prevalence of domestic violence in community practice and rate of physician inquiry | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Social Work | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | School of Social Work | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Family Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 1601239 | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92459/1/Hamberger K- Saunders D- Hovey M 1992 Prevalence of domestic violence in community practice - Fam Med .PDF | |
dc.identifier.source | Family Medicine | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Social Work, School of (SSW) |
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