@article{ref1,
title="Barriers and facilitators to integrating health service responses to intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries: a comparative health systems and service analysis",
journal="Studies in family planning",
year="2017",
author="Colombini, Manuela and Dockerty, Colleen and Mayhew, Susannah H.",
volume="48",
number="2",
pages="179-200",
abstract="This systematic review synthesizes 11 studies of health-sector responses to intimate partner violence (IPV) in low- and middle-income countries. The services that were most comprehensive and integrated in their responsiveness to IPV were primarily in primary health and antenatal care settings. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that the following facilitators are important: availability of clear guidelines, policies, or protocols; management support; intersectoral coordination with clear, accessible on-site and off-site referral options; adequate and trained staff with accepting and empathetic attitudes toward survivors of IPV; initial and ongoing training for health workers; and a supportive and supervised environment in which to enact new IPV protocols. A key characteristic of the most integrated responses was the connection or &quot;linkages&quot; between different individual factors. Irrespective of their service entry point, what emerged as crucial was a connected systems-level response, with all elements implemented in a coordinated manner.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0039-3665",
doi="10.1111/sifp.12021",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sifp.12021"
}