Conducting Clinically Based Intimate Partner Violence Research: Safety Protocol Recommendations.
Jocelyn C Anderson, Nancy E Glass, Jacquelyn C Campbell
PMID 28858149WHAT IT FOUND
Women could confidentially complete intimate partner violence and suicide risk screens on tablets.
Of 239 analysed, 30 screened high risk for partner homicide and 17 for suicide, but most declined sharing with clinic teams.
Key findings
01Women could confidentially complete eligibility screening, consent, survey measures, and risk follow-up on tablets in the waiting area of a busy clinic.
02Of 239 women in the final dataset, 30 met criteria for high risk for intimate partner homicide and 17 met criteria for potential suicidality.
03For both intimate partner homicide and suicide risk protocols, 74% and 59% of women respectively declined to have their information shared with clinic care teams.
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What it does not show
This is a single clinic-based research protocol report, not a randomised trial or clinical outcome study. The women were HIV-positive patients in one urban HIV clinic, so the safety protocol may not fit other settings or populations. The paper reports screening results and participant choices, not whether the protocol improved safety, mental health, or HIV care. Most high-risk women declined sharing information with care teams, so provider communication was limited and not tested. No control group or comparison condition was used, so the effect of any single safety component cannot be separated.
Declared interests
The paper is listed as NIH extramural research support, and the authors report no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that tablet-based intimate partner violence screening or risk messaging improves patient safety or HIV care. It describes one research protocol and reports participant screening results, not a tested clinical intervention.