A comprehensive model for intimate partner violence in South African primary care: action research
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A comprehensive model for intimate partner violence in South African primary care: action research
BACKGROUND Despite extensive evidence on the magnitude of intimate partner violence (IPV) as a public health problem worldwide, insubstantial progress has been made in the development and implementation of sufficiently comprehensive health services. This study aimed to implement, evaluate and adapt a published protocol for the screening and management of IPV and to recommend a model of care tha...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-399