Provider barriers and facilitators to screening for intimate partner violence in Bogotá, Colombia
Baig, A.A.; Ryan, G.W.; Rodriguez, M.A.
Health Care for Women International 33(3): 250-261
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0739-9332 PMID: 22325025 DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2011.646368Document Number: 537880
We conducted interviews with 27 health care personnel in Bogotá, Colombia, to examine provider barriers and facilitators to screening for intimate partner violence (IPV). We used systematic qualitative analysis to identify the range and consistency of beliefs. We found that respondents did not routinely screen for IPV. Providers listed numerous barriers to screening. Ways to improve screening included increased clinician training, installing systematic IPV screening, providing patient education, and implementing health care setting interventions. Improving the care for IPV survivors will involve translating health care personnel preferred solutions into more systematic IPV screening interventions.