ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2018
Women's Healthcare Utilization Following Routine Screening for Past-Year Intimate Partner Violence in the Veterans Health Administration.
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- An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans' Health Literature, 2016 to 2023: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- Integrating Intimate Partner Violence Screening Programs in Primary Care: Results from a Hybrid-II Implementation-Effectiveness RCT.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Trial
- Barriers to Implementing Medical-Legal Partnerships for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: Qualitative Perspectives from the Veterans Health Administration.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Housing for Women in Midlife and Older Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence.Violence against women · 2026Article
- Partner Violence and Substance-Related Service Use: Differences by HIV Status Among Women.American journal of preventive medicine · 2025Article
- Screening for Elder Abuse in the Veterans Health Administration: Varied Approaches Across a National Health System.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Article
- Understanding Veterans' intimate partner violence use and patterns of healthcare utilization.Health services research · 2023Article
- Using the Matrixed Multiple Case Study approach to identify factors affecting the uptake of IPV screening programs following the use of implementation facilitation.Implementation science communications · 2023Article
- Characterizing the Influence of Exposure to Military Sexual Trauma and Intimate Partner Violence on Mental Health Outcomes among Female Veterans.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2023Article
- Intimate partner violence, HIV-risk behaviors, and HIV screening among heterosexually active persons at increased risk for infection.AIDS care · 2023Article
- The role of community healthcare professionals in discussing sexual assault experiences during obstetrics and gynecological healthcare appointments.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Intimate Partner Violence Screening for Women in the Veterans Health Administration: Temporal Trends from the Early Years of Implementation 2014-2020.Journal of aggression, maltreatment & trauma · 2022Article
- Survivors' Input on Health Care-Connected Services for Intimate Partner Violence.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2021Article
- Intimate Partner Violence Among Pregnant Veterans: Prevalence, Associated Mental Health Conditions, and Health Care Utilization.Journal of general internal medicine · 2021Article
- Screening for intimate partner violence in healthcare settings: An implementation-oriented systematic review.Implementation research and practice · 2021Article
- Victims of family violence identified in emergency care: Comparisons of mental health and somatic diagnoses with other victims of interpersonal violence by a retrospective chart review.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Assessing the Veterans Health Administration's response to intimate partner violence among women: protocol for a randomized hybrid type 2 implementation-effectiveness trial.Implementation science : IS · 2020Article
- Association of Health Conditions and Health Service Utilization With Intimate Partner Violence Identified via Routine Screening Among Middle-Aged and Older Women.JAMA network open · 2020Article
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- Intimate Partner Violence Screening Programs in the Veterans Health Administration: Informing Scale-up of Successful Practices.Journal of general internal medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundExperience of intimate partner violence (IPV) can have adverse health impacts and has been associated with elevated rates of healthcare service utilization. Healthcare encounters present opportunities to identify IPV-related concerns and connect patients with services. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) conducts IPV screening within an integrated healthcare system.
objectiveThe objectives of this study were to compare service utilization in the 6 months following IPV screening between those screening positive and negative for past-year IPV (IPV+, IPV-) and to examine the timing and types of healthcare services accessed among women screening IPV+.
designA retrospective chart review was conducted for 8888 female VHA patients across 13 VHA facilities who were screened for past-year IPV between April 2014 and April 2016. MAIN MEASURES: Demographic characteristics (age, race, ethnicity, marital status, veteran status), IPV screening response, and healthcare encounters (based on visit identification codes). KEY
resultsIn the 6 months following routine screening for past-year IPV, patients screening IPV+ were more likely to utilize outpatient care (aOR = 1.85 [CI 1.26, 2.70]), including primary care or psychosocial care, and to have an inpatient stay (aOR = 2.09 [CI 1.23, 3.57]), compared with patients screening IPV-. Among those with any utilization, frequency of outpatient encounters within the 6-month period following screening was higher among those screening IPV+ compared with those screening IPV-. The majority of patients screening positive for past-year IPV returned for an outpatient visit within a brief time frame following the screening visit (> 70% within 14 days, >95% within 6 months). More than one in four patients screening IPV+ had an emergency department visit within the 6 months following screening.
conclusionsWomen who screen positive for past-year IPV have high rates of return to outpatient visits following screening, presenting opportunities for follow-up support. Higher rates of emergency department utilization and inpatient stays among women screening IPV+ may indicate adverse health outcomes related to IPV experience.
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