Towards a comprehensive model for attending to women experiencing intimate partner violence in south African primary care

Joyner, Kate K.

Saturday, March 21, 2015: 9:50 AM-11:10 AM

Mount Vernon Square B (Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel)

Speaker:
Kate K. Joyner, DPhil, (SSM), MSocSci, BSocSci, (Hons), Post-Basic, Diploma, in, Psychiatric, Nursing, Diploma, in, Nursing, (General, Community, Psychiatry), and, Midwifery, Stellenbosch University

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Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Be acquainted with a biopsychosocial and forensic approach to intimate partner violence using an empathic and patient-centered approach.
Be able to identify women experiencing intimate partner violence within a range of healthcare settings.
Conceptualize an intervention for intimate partner violence which provides comprehensive long-term care.

Description:
This presentation illustrates a model of how care for intimate partner violence (IPV) can be integrated into primary care services of developing countries such as South Africa. It introduces an IPV champion who offers comprehensive, coordinated and continuous care, using an empathic collaborative approach, evoking the client’s perspective and solutions and respecting her autonomy. Clinical, mental, social and legal aspects of care have been formulated according to the 5As of brief behavior change counselling (Ask, Alert, Assess, Assist, Arrange).