Adolescents’ experiences of dating and intimate partner violence: “once is not enough”

Pregnant and parenting adolescents represent a significant proportion of the individuals directly affected by intimate partner violence. Although screening tools are useful, it is important to ask very specific questions to open lines of communication with adolescents. This article presents a clinic...

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Published inJournal of midwifery & women's health Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 226 - 228
Main Authors Scheiman, Lisa, Zeoli, April M.
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Elsevier Inc 01.05.2003
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Adolescent
adolescent health
Battered Women - psychology
Female
Humans
intimate partner violence
Midwifery - methods
Nurse's Role
Nurse-Patient Relations
Nursing
Psychology, Adolescent
Sexual Partners - psychology
Spouse Abuse - prevention & control
Spouse Abuse - psychology
United States
Women's Health
United States
intimate partner violence
adolescent health
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Summary:Pregnant and parenting adolescents represent a significant proportion of the individuals directly affected by intimate partner violence. Although screening tools are useful, it is important to ask very specific questions to open lines of communication with adolescents. This article presents a clinical case that highlights the challenges of screening adolescents for intimate partner violence and offers suggestions for health care providers. Specific examples of screening questions are offered.
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Lisa Scheiman, CNM, MS, is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is a nurse‐midwife in full‐scope clinical practice and director of the sexual assault nurse examiner program at the University of Michigan.
April Zeoli, MPH, is a doctoral student at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is currently studying injury and violence prevention, with a focus on intimate partner violence
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ISSN:1526-9523
1542-2011
DOI:10.1016/S1526-9523(03)00072-2