BACKGROUND Domestic violence is a major personal and public health concern affecting
women of all walks of life. Physicians have reported the need for screening instruments to …

Intimate partner violence is a common source of physical, psychological, and emotional
morbidity. In the United States, approximately 1.5 million women and 834,700 men annually …

Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) victims frequently seek medical treatment,
though rarely for IPV. Recommendations for health care providers (HCPs) include IPV …

Purpose: To assess the relationship between the presence of a mental health condition and
health care utilization among family medicine patients. Methods: We used the Patient Health …

Methods We performed a MEDLINE search (1966 through June 2001) for articles evaluating
screening tools, using the MeSH terms “domestic violence,”“spouse abuse,”“battered …

Summary Background: The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (USA) has recommended
the 'team huddle'as one communication strategy to improve health care outcomes. Context …

OBJECTIVE: Few population-based studies have examined the association of both child
abuse (ie, physical and sexual abuse) and intimate partner violence (IPV) with depressive …

Abstract The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) proposes a new model to transform
the practice of primary health care to one that is patient centered, high quality, continuous …

Results Ten STFM attendees attended the seminar, all of whom were faculty in family
medicine residency programs. Three were behavioral science faculty and the remainder …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Violence is a significant public health issue with far-
reaching implications for the health of individuals and their communities. Our objective was …