Journal of Women's Health Care
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Belsy Gonzalez

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• Review Article
  Decreasing Intimate Partner Violence during Pregnancy through Routine Screening
  Author(s): Belsy Gonzalez Belsy Gonzalez
  
  Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy is a significant yet preventable public health problem that affects millions of women globally per year (ACOG). Women are especially vulnerable to IPV when pregnant and coincidentally are seen often by practitioners for antenatal visits. Practitioners are in an adventitious position in screening these women for IPV as they are to be able to build rapport with these patients. The aim of this integrative review is to determine if practitioners routinely screen for IPV during pregnancy does it lower the incidence. Research studies were obtained from electronic databases, Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, CINAHL (Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature), and the U.S. National Library of Medicine/PubMed. Studies searched were from 2008 to 2016 and included quantitative and qualitative, national and international, and all were publi.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0420.1000413

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