RT Article
T1 IPV Routine Enquiry in Antenatal Care: Perspectives of Women and Healthcare Professionals—A Qualitative Study
JF Violence against women
VO 31
IS 3/4
SP 841
OP 869
A1 Kirwan, Collette
A2 Meskell, Pauline
A2 Biesty, Linda
A2 Dowling, Maura
A2 Kirwan, Anne
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1916734820
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.
K1 qualitative primary study
K1 antenatal care
K1 screening for domestic violence
K1 routine enquiry
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
DO 10.1177/10778012241231784