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Review
. 2013;6(3-4):141-8.

Screening for intimate partner violence during pregnancy

Neha A Deshpande  1 , Annie Lewis-O'Connor  1
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Review

Screening for intimate partner violence during pregnancy

Neha A Deshpande et al. Rev Obstet Gynecol. 2013.

Abstract

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is defined as an actual or threatened abuse by an intimate partner that may be physical, sexual, psychological, or emotional in nature. Each year approximately 1.5 million women in the United States report some form of sexual or physical assault by an intimate partner; it is estimated that approximately 324,000 women are pregnant when violence occurs. Pregnancy may present a unique opportunity to identify and screen for patients experiencing IPV. This article provides health care practitioners and clinicians with the most current valid assessment and screening tools for evaluating pregnant women for IPV.

Keywords: Fetal risk; Intimate partner violence; Screening and detection.

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Cycle of violence.
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Identifying intimate partner violence in the healthcare setting. Adapted from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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RADAR screening tool developed by the Massachusetts Medical Society. Adapted from Basile KC, et al.
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HITS Screening Assessment for Intimate Partner Violence
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Abuse Assessment Screen for intimate partner violence. Reprinted with permission from Soeken KL et al.
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Creator wheel: a tool for comparing violence to equality.
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