b'| AWARENESS GUIDEDomestic Violence:Identification and InterventionExperts offer guidance on screening for patients who have suffered intimate partner violence and properly responding to these situations.By Mark McGrawT heres a one-in-four chance that a19 pandemics first few weeks. 4 and reported being a victim of domes-woman will be the victim of violenceThe data confirms what the studystic abuse, according to U.S. News & World at the hands of an intimate partner atauthors suspected. 2 Report. some point in their lifetime.Being confined to home for a periodThe CDC defines intimate partner vio-Thats according to the Centers forof time would increase the possibilitylence (IPV) as abuse or aggression that Disease Control and Prevention, whichfor violence between intimate partners,occurs in a close relationship, and refers says that one in four women will experiencenoted co-author Mardi Chadwick Balcom,to intimate partners as both current and domestic violence, and nearly one in 10 menJ.D., senior director of community healthformer spouses and dating partners. And will suffer the same fate. 3 intervention and prevention programs atwhether it occurs one time or repeatedly And recent research suggests that theBrigham and Womens Hospital. 2 over several years, the CDC includes four number of women suffering from domes- Study co-author Bharti Khurana, MD,types of behaviors in its definition of IPV: tic violence has actually increased since thedirector of emergency musculoskeletalphysical violence, sexual violence, stalking onset of the coronavirus pandemic. 3 radiology and program director of emer- and psychological aggression. As U.S. News & World Report recentlygency radiology fellowship program atThese types of behaviors, as the CDC noted, data from a major MassachusettsBrigham and Womens Hospital, saidpoints out, can often occur together. IPV is hospital found a significant year-over-yearthe research likely exposes just the tip ofalso connected to other forms of violence, jump in intimate partner violence casesthe iceberg, as the study focused only onand can lead to serious, long-term health among patients, nearly all women, whopatients who sought emergency care atproblems as well as economic consequences. 2ISTOCKsought emergency care during the COVID- Brigham and Womens Hospital in BostonFor example, violence against women has www.elitecme.com |2020| AWARENESS GUIDE 13'