TY - JOUR
T1 - IPV Routine Enquiry in Antenatal Care
T2 - Perspectives of Women and Healthcare Professionals—A Qualitative Study
AU - Kirwan, Collette
AU - Meskell, Pauline
AU - Biesty, Linda
AU - Dowling, Maura
AU - Kirwan, Anne
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Despite one in three women experiencing abuse by an intimate partner in their lifetime, intimate partner violence (IPV) is under-reported. Globally, IPV routine enquiry is used as part of healthcare response to addressing IPV. This paper presents the views of pregnant women (n = 40) and providers (n = 30) of IPV routine enquiry as part of antenatal care policy in Ireland. Respondents supported IPV routine enquiry as part of usual antenatal care, and while immediate disclosure was recognized as important, it was not a primary expectation. Routine enquiry was seen as a woman’s right and a providers’ duty to provide holistic, empowered, women centered and safe care and where provision of information and education on IPV is as fundamental as the disclosure of abuse.
AB - Despite one in three women experiencing abuse by an intimate partner in their lifetime, intimate partner violence (IPV) is under-reported. Globally, IPV routine enquiry is used as part of healthcare response to addressing IPV. This paper presents the views of pregnant women (n = 40) and providers (n = 30) of IPV routine enquiry as part of antenatal care policy in Ireland. Respondents supported IPV routine enquiry as part of usual antenatal care, and while immediate disclosure was recognized as important, it was not a primary expectation. Routine enquiry was seen as a woman’s right and a providers’ duty to provide holistic, empowered, women centered and safe care and where provision of information and education on IPV is as fundamental as the disclosure of abuse.
KW - antenatal care
KW - intimate partner violence
KW - qualitative primary study
KW - routine enquiry
KW - screening for domestic violence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85187934416&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/10778012241231784
DO - 10.1177/10778012241231784
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85187934416
SN - 1077-8012
JO - Violence Against Women
JF - Violence Against Women
ER -