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Screening Tests May Help Identify Women At Risk.(for domestic violence)
2001 AUG 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- Screening tests may help identify women at risk for domestic violence, according to a new study.
"It is well known that partner violence is seldom an isolated event; more often, violence is repeated and escalates over time," says lead study author Jane Koziol-McLain, RN, PhD, of The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. "We found that positive replies to screening questions forecasted future violence."
Several health organizations, including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recommend domestic violence screening, but until this study, no one has examined whether screening actually helps pinpoint those women at highest risk for future abuse.
As part of a randomized telephone survey of more than 700 Colorado women, a brief screening test was used to ask participants whether they have experienced partner violence, felt unsafe around anyone, or had the police visit their homes because of violent disputes.
Over the next four months, the researchers made follow-up phone calls to more than 400 of the study participants, nearly 10% of whom had experienced or perceived a threat of domestic violence.
Those who had screened positive for violence were nearly nine times more likely to be victims of domestic violence over ...
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