The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force updated its screening recommendations for intimate partner violence and elder abuse June 24. About 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men are expected to experience ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening women of reproductive age for intimate partner violence (IPV). These findings form the basis of a final recommendation statement ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Clinicians should screen for violence in pregnant or postpartum women and women of reproductive age. Health care ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Behavioral interventions effectively reduced domestic violence in postpartum and pregnant women. HCPs should use ...

Family medicine physician Dr. Vanessa Diaz (right) of the Medical University of South Carolina speaking to a member of the care team. Dr. Diaz was part of the team that implemented the electronic ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The research team interviewed 27 clinicians and staff members across 12 primary-care clinics and found that fewer than half routinely screened patients for both anxiety and intimate partner violence, ...

We're beginning to build a better picture of just how many people are affected by intimate partner violence—a crisis that disproportionately impacts women and girls. But not everyone with insecure ...

Despite national guidelines recommending routine screening for anxiety and intimate partner violence in women and adolescent girls, a new study from Oregon Health & Science University finds these ...

Advanced practice registered nurses are not adequately screening their patients for history of sexual violence. Almost half of women have experienced sexual violence (SV) other than rape and 21% of ...