An Australian hospital's training program and referral pathway within a multi-disciplinary health-justice partnership addressing family violence.

CONCLUSION: The program built capacity and willingness of health professionals to identify signs of, and respond to, family violence. Increase in referral rates to legal assistance was not shown. Potential improvements include better data capture and greater availability of legal services. Implications for public health: Strong hospital system supports and reliable recording of family violence referrals need to be in place before introducing such partnerships to other hospitals. PMID: 29165864 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29165864?dopt=Abstract

Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - November 22, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Forsdike K, Humphreys C, Diemer K, Ross S, Gyorki L, Maher H, Vye P, Llewelyn F, Hegarty K Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research