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What are 3 forms of interpersonal violence?
Intimate Partner Violence
Elder Violence
Child Abuse
True or false: Following a screening process a clinician may be required to report the abuse.
True.
Where are forms of violence common?
In the United States.
What was stated in 2010?
Partner violence and sexual violence was found to be a significant public health problem in the united states, with many negative impacts and long term consequences.
Who does IPV place demands on?
Law enforcement such as social services and hospitals
Interpersonal Violence involves what?
It involves violence between intimate partners, vulnerable members of society including children and the elderly.
What is a challenge for clinicians?
To recognize when interpersonal violence is occurring especially when the victim is unable and or unwilling to report the abuse.
What does the violence being more common in the U.S. indicate?
It's widespread and it can be emotional, physical, psychological, or sexual.
In 2015 how many women at the time experienced some form of sexual contact violence?
43.6%(equivalent to 52.2 million).
Who's more likely to report IPV in general?
Women.
True or False; Members of the interdisciplinary health team never encounter victims of IPV.
False: they often encounter victims of IPV
Why is it so difficult to identify interpersonal violence?
The term encompasses much more than physical abuse.
What's an acronym for domestic violence?
IPV/IVP
How many percentages of women claimed violence happened 12 months before the 2015 survey?
4.7%
Who are women and men more likely to report the abuse to?
Family and friends rather then health care providers?
What's important?
It's important to choose an effective screening tool for a patient's particular circumstance.
What is available to assist a clinician in determining if a patient is the subject of intimate partner violence, elder abuse, or child abuse?
Screening tools.
True or False: Women can also perpetrate violence?
True.
How many men in the U.S. said they experienced some form of sexual contact violence in their life?
27.6 million.
About how many percentages of women report their abuse to health care providers?
21%.
Within the scope of their practice, health clinicians should be prepared for what?
To identify victims of interpersonal violence and and know-how to help them
What should a clinician address in situations of interpersonal violence?
Health consequences.
What is a better term for complex relationships where abuse occurs.
IPV.
A survey in 2015 also discussed stalking, and speaking what is the definition of stalking?
A pattern of harassing or threatening tactics used by the predator that is both unwanted and causes fear or safety concerns in the victim.
About how many percentages of women report their abuse to family and friends?
84%.