Barriers in Screening Women for Domestic Violence: A Survey of Social Workers, Family Practitioners, and Obstetrician鈥揋ynecologists
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- 作者：Leslie E. Tower
- 关键词：Domestic violence ; Spouse abuse ; Screening ; Education ; Barriers
- 刊名：Journal of Family Violence
- 出版时间：May, 2006
- 出版年：2006
- 期刊代码：16_08857482
- 类别：edu
- 卷：21
- 期：4
- 页码：245-257
- 数据来源：sp
摘要
Domestic violence (DV) is a pervasive and serious threat to women's lives and well-being. Medical social workers, family practitioners, and obstetrician–gynecologists are in key positions to screen and offer help. Florida NASW members and board certified family practitioners and obstetrician–gynecologists were mailed a psychometrically tested scale. A total of 388 surveys were analyzed. Education (especially the number of in-service hours) and the presence of institutional supports, decreased barriers to screening, increased screening behaviors, and lead to increased victim identification. Only 20.8%of participants always or nearly always routinely screened for DV; 24.0%reported that routine screening did not apply to their role. Self-Efficacy was the strongest predictor of screening behavior with Fear of Offending, Safety Concerns, CEUs/CMEs, and in-service hours contributing approximately equally to the prediction of screening behavior.