Intimate partner violence screening in the dental setting
| Autor: | Harold A. Pollack, Carrigan Parish, Stephen N. Abel, Lisa R. Metsch, Karolynn Siegel, Margaret Pereyra |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Referral education Psychological intervention social sciences 030206 dentistry behavioral disciplines and activities 03 medical and health sciences symbols.namesake 0302 clinical medicine Family medicine Relative risk mental disorders medicine symbols population characteristics Domestic violence Medical history 030212 general & internal medicine Poisson regression Psychology General Dentistry Inclusion (education) Practical implications |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of the American Dental Association. 149:112-121 |
| ISSN: | 0002-8177 |
| Popis: | Background The dental setting is a potential venue for identifying patients experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). The study objective was to assess dentists' current practices and attitudes about IPV screening. Methods A nationally representative survey of US general dentists assessed dentists' use of health history forms that queried about IPV and their acceptance of IPV screening as part of their professional roles. Parsimonious Poisson regression models were used in multivariable analysis to estimate risk ratios for the 2 dependent variables. Results Almost all dentists did not include a question to screen for IPV on their patient history forms. More than one-half of dentists also did not know of a referral place for patients experiencing IPV and did not believe that IPV screening should be part of their professional roles. Conclusions Uptake of IPV screening and favorable attitudes toward screening were low among dentists studied. However, prior IPV training and clinical knowledge plus awareness of IPV referral mechanisms were positively associated with greater screening uptake and attitudes. Practical Implications The inclusion of brief, focused IPV interventions in dental education and the establishment of collaborations between dentists and IPV agencies for referral mechanisms, in conjunction with an overall shift in dentists' attitudes about their professional responsibilities, may facilitate IPV screening uptake in the dental setting. |
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