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Screening for Domestic Violence in Health Care Settings
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ABOUT THIS POLICY BRIEFThis ASPE Policy Brief on screening and counseling for domestic violence in health care settings is intended for policy makers, health care practitioners, and other stakeholders.The brief, written by Madeleine de Boinville, presents the state of practice and research surroundingdomestic violence screening. The brief discusses reasons for screening in health care settings, the current prevalence of screening and reasons this prevalence is relatively low, existing evidence about screening, and next stepstoward ensuring that screening becomes an effective preventive service.Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and EvaluationOffice of Human Services PolicyU.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesWashington, DC 20201
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Background
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Reasons for Screening in Health Care Settings
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Prevalence of Screening
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Reasons for Relatively Low Screening Prevalence
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Existing Evidence on Screening and Intervention
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Next Steps
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References
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"pb_screeningDomestic.pdf" (pdf, 309.44Kb)
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