Melissa E Dichter

Screening for intimate partner violence in healthcare settings: An implementation-oriented systematic review

Implementation Research and Practice · 2021-01-01 · 96 citations

Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a population health problem affecting millions of women worldwide. Screening for IPV within healthcare settings can identify women who experience IPV and inform counseling, referrals, and interventions to improve their health outcomes. Unfortunately, many screening programs used to detect IPV have only been tested in research contexts featuring externally funded study staff and resources. This systematic review therefore investigated the utility of…

Social determinants and emergency department utilization: Findings from the Veterans Health Administration

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine · 2020-05-27 · 59 citations

Implementation and Impact of Intimate Partner Violence Screening Expansion in the Veterans Health Administration: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Evaluation

JMIR Research Protocols · 2024-08-28 · 4 citations

BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health problem with far-reaching consequences. The health care system plays an integral role in the detection of and response to IPV. Historically, the majority of IPV screening initiatives have targeted women of reproductive age, with little known about men's IPV screening experiences or the impact of screening on men's health care. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has called for an expansion of IPV screening, providing…

Healthcare Clinicians’ Perspectives on Managing Suspected Elder Abuse: “We Don’t Want to Just Swoop in and Do What We Think Is Best”

Innovation in Aging · 2025-01-01 · 3 citations

Background and Objectives: Elder abuse (EA) is common and has significant health impacts. New initiatives seek to capitalize on opportunities to respond to EA from within the healthcare system, but little is known about what clinicians may need to be successful in these efforts. Our objective was to understand perceived barriers and facilitators to managing all phases of EA within an integrated healthcare system from the perspectives of frontline clinicians from a range of different disciplines.…

Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking Screening and Services in Primary Care Across Underserved Communities in the United States—Initial Examination of Trends, 2020-2021

Public Health Reports · 2024-04-01 · 3 citations

OBJECTIVES: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) began collecting data on intimate partner violence (IPV) and human trafficking (HT) in the 2020 Uniform Data System (UDS). We examined patients affected by IPV and HT served by HRSA-funded health centers in medically underserved US communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: We established a baseline and measured trends in patient care by analyzing data from the 2020 (N = 28 590 897) and 2021 (N = 30 193 278) UDS. We cond…