Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence
Authors: John C. Nelson, Carden Johnston
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2004)

Letters6 July 2004Screening for Family and Intimate Partner ViolenceJohn C. Nelson, MD, MPH and Carden Johnston, MDJohn C. Nelson, MD, MPHFrom American Medical Association, Chicago, IL 60610; and American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007. and Carden Johnston, MDFrom American Medical Association, Chicago, IL 60610; and American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-141-1-200407060-00032 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:While acknowledging the concerns of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) that there is currently insufficient evidence to definitively recommend screening patients for domestic violence (1), we, along with our colleagues from the medical and domestic violence communities, strongly support assessment for abuse and urge every health care provider to continue or adopt this health-promoting practice. We concur with the comments of Mark S. Lachs in his accompanying editorial (2) that outcomes are difficult to measure in behavior-related problems and that physician clinical judgment is an important consideration.The American Medical Association and the American Academy ...Reference1. Screening for family and intimate partner violence: recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:382-6. [PMID: 14996680] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Lachs MS. Screening for family violence: what's an evidence-based doctor to do? [Editorial]. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:399-400. [PMID: 14996683] LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From American Medical Association, Chicago, IL 60610; and American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoScreening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence: Recommendation StatementScreening for Family Violence: What's an Evidence-Based Doctor To Do? Mark S. Lachs Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence Christina Nicolaidis and Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence Esta Soler and Jacquelyn Campbell Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence Ned Calonge and Janet D. Allan Metrics Cited byIntimate Partner Violence Screening Practices in California After Passage of the Affordable Care ActIntimate Partner Violence Screening in a Women Veterans' Health Clinic: Assessing FeasibilityDomestic violence screening among primary health care workers in KuwaitScreening for Elder Abuse in Hospitalized Older Adults With DementiaIntimate partner violenceEnding Intimate Partner Violence after pregnancy: Findings from a community-based longitudinal study in NicaraguaIntimate Partner Violence Screening ToolsThe Controversy on Screening for Intimate Partner Violence: A Question of Semantics?"You Always End up Feeling Like You're Some Hypochondriac": Intimate Partner Violence Survivors' Experiences Addressing Depression and PainScreening for Intimate Partner Violence in Medical SettingsAccuracy of Five Domestic Violence Screening Questions With Nongraphic LanguageAlone at NightPhysical and Sexual Violence During Pregnancy and After Delivery: A Prospective Multistate Study of Women With or at Risk for HIV InfectionTraining Clinicians to Identify the Hidden Victims 6 July 2004Volume 141, Issue 1Page: 81KeywordsChildrenDomestic violenceEvidence based medicineHealth care providersIntimate partner violencePediatrics ePublished: 6 July 2004 Issue Published: 6 July 2004 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2004 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...