Background: The ‘IMOCAFV’ project is developing a multi-country vision on how to provide effective primary care for family violence (FV). In phase I, a situational analysis is performed based on mixed method review of countries’ policies and interventions, key persons inquiries and professional questionnaires. Aim: Provide in a first phase of IMOCA...
Published in MedEdPORTAL : the Journal of Teaching and Learning Resources
Introduction Assessing and addressing patient histories of trauma constitute a critical component of care for vulnerable populations such as pregnant patients, yet they often go unrecognized in obstetric care. Obstetric providers may feel poorly equipped to address this issue comfortably and effectively. Methods We designed this didactic module for...
Published in Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
This study assessed the prevalence of abusive partner relationships among individuals presenting for chronic pain treatment. In addition, this study examined the association between partner abuse histories and pain-relevant outcome variables. Cross-sectional. This study took place at a specialty pain rehabilitation treatment center in the Midwester...
Published in Rhode Island medical journal (2013)
The COVID-19 pandemic has escalated the risks and dangers for victims of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). This article aims to describe the current state of IPV in Rhode Island as well as best practices for IPV screening and intervention using telehealth. We highlight the particular plight of undocumented immigrant victims of IPV and how healthcare...
Published in Journal of interpersonal violence
Sexual objectification is a subtle manifestation of sexist discrimination and violence against women that involves seeing and treating women as sex objects of male sexual desire. The primary aim of this research was to connect sexual objectification experiences with heterosexual intimate partner violence. This set of studies examined the impact of ...
Published in MedEdPORTAL : the Journal of Teaching and Learning Resources
Introduction Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a prevalent problem with profound health consequences. Research suggests that internal medicine (IM) residents are unprepared to screen for and address IPV. We designed a curriculum to improve IM residents’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices in caring for IPV survivors. Methods The curriculum was del...
Published in Psychiatry Research
Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is defined as physical or sexual violence, emotional abuse and stalking. It is typically experienced by women but can also be experienced by men. During quarantine due to the COVID-19, home risks to become a very dangerous place for victims of domestic violence. Method Very recent studies focusing on abusi...
Objective: to understand the meanings attributed to the social support network of women breastfeeding and in situations of violence by an intimate partner. Method: a qualitative study, carried out with 21 women, through semi-structured interviews and data analyzed by the Method of Interpretation of the Senses in the light of the conceptual framewor...
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the social attributes of masculinity that incite the practice of conjugal violence. Method: Oral Life History was used as a methodological reference. Interviews were conducted with 13 men facing criminal proceedings for conjugal violence linked to the 2nd Vara De Justiça pela Paz Em Casa (2nd Court of Justice for Peac...
Abstract Objective: To analyze adolescents’ perceptions about intimate violence from the perspective of the Complexity Paradigm. Method: A qualitative approach configured as strategic social study. The study participants were adolescents between 15 and 18 years old, attending high school in two public schools in a city in the interior of São Paulo ...
