TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Exploring sustainable primary care responses to intimate partner violence in New Zealand: qualitative use of complexity theory
JO  - BMJ open
A1  - Gear, Claire
A1  - Koziol-McLain, Jane
A1  - Eppel, Elizabeth
SP  - e031827
EP  - e031827
VL  - 9
IS  - 11
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To explore what affects sustainable responses to intimate partner violence within New Zealand primary care settings using complexity theory. <br><br>DESIGN: Primary care professional interviews on intimate partner violence as a health issue are analysed using a complexity theory-led qualitative research methodology grounded in poststructuralism. SETTING: Four general practices in one region of the North Island of New Zealand, two serving a general patient population and two adopting an indigenous approach. PARTICIPANTS: Seventeen primary care professionals and management from the four recruited general practices. <br><br>RESULTS: The complex adaptive system approach the 'Triple R Pathway', calls attention to system interactions influencing intimate partner violence responsiveness across health system levels. Four exemplars demonstrate the use of the Triple R Pathway. Two key system areas challenge the emergence of primary care responsiveness: (1) Non-recognition of intimate partner violence as a key determinant of ill-health. (2) Uncertainty and doubt. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The relationship between intimate partner violence and ill-health is not well recognised, or understood in New Zealand, at both policy and practice levels. Inadequate recognition of socioecological determinants of intimate partner violence leads to a simple health system response which constrains primary care professional responsiveness. Constant intervention in system interactions is needed to promote the emergence of sustainable responses to intimate partner violence.<br><br>© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2044-6055
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031827
ID  - ref1
ER  -