Routine screening for intimate partner violence in antenatal clinics: A qualitative study of how Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women decide whether to disclose abuse they have experienced and contributors to the impact of screening.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1024908

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Intimate partner violence of women is a serious, widespread and hidden problem, a lead contributor to health problems and linked to significant complications of pregnancy. Practice guidelines suggest that antenatal health care providers routinely ask all pregnant women whether they are experiencing abuse.This study will determine how women make choices to tell about abuse they have experienced and how this strategy can help. The experiences of Aboriginal women will have particular emphasis in the study.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $400,623.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Aboriginal health | domestic violence | injury prevention | maternal health | public health policy | women's health

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