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Rural Doctors Could Do More to Prevent Abuse: Study

Friday, Aug 29 2014
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A recent Penn State study of rural healthcare providers finds they often fail to screen for abuse. Many are in a position to help women who are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV), but they don't often screen for it. So reports Science World Report.

For the study, Penn State interviewed 19 primary care physicians working in central Pennsylvania. Only one physician regularly screened patients for IPV. A majority of the physicians participating in the study didn't screen for IPV on a regular basis and some felt it wasn't necessary at all.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 adds screening and counseling for domestic violence as a primary preventive service that all private health plans must cover.

Read the full article from Science World Report.

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