CONTEXT Screening for intimate partner violence (IPV) in health care settings has been recommended by some professional organizations, although there is limited information regarding the accuracy, acceptability, and completeness of different screening methods and instruments. OBJECTIVE To determine the optimal method for IPV screening in health care settings. DESIGN AND SETTING Cluster rand...

BACKGROUND To determine the prevalence of abuse by their partners and its association with mental disorders among female patients at walk-in clinics in Trinidad. METHODS Female participants from 16 randomly selected walk-in clinics, previously stratified to represent all administrative regions and urban and rural settings, who were 18 years or older, were surveyed during May to August 2007 us...

This article addresses the optimal staffing problem for a nonpreemptive priority queue with two customer classes and a time-dependent arrival rate. The problem is related to several important service settings such as call centers and emergency departments where the customers are grouped into two classes of “high priority” and “low priority,” and the services are typically evaluated according to...

INTRODUCTION We analyze the gender-based violence against women considering the Aymara ethnic ascendance as a casual factor. MATERIAL AND METHODS We applied the spanish version of the Index of Spouse Abuse Scales (ISA) and Woman Abuse Screening Tool (WAST) on 400 women, which currently live in the region of Arica and Parinacota, Chile. RESULTS The individuals show that non-physical violence...

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Only a few parasites were recovered from each animal, most of which being 225 males from a kudu and 5 males from a grey duik.er. As these nematodes could not be assigned to any of the known species of Cooperia, they are here described as Cooperia acutispi.culum n. sp. because of the sharply pointed spicules. The type host selected wasT. strepsiceros, since too few parasttes for a detailed descr...

CONTEXT Whether intimate partner violence (IPV) screening reduces violence or improves health outcomes for women is unknown. OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of IPV screening and communication of positive results to clinicians. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Randomized controlled trial conducted in 11 emergency departments, 12 family practices, and 3 obstetrics/gynecology clinics...