More Evidence That Screening for Partner Violence Does Not Initiate Change

Despite the prevalence and harms of intimate partner violence, no clear benefit of universal screening has been demonstrated (JW Womens Health Aug 27 2009). Now, one more study confirms these findings. A total of 2700 women (mean age, 39; 55% non-Latina black, 37% Latina; 57% uninsured) who sought primary care in eight public and two private urban healthcare settings in Illinois were randomized into three groups. Women in the first group completed a computerized partner violence screen and, if positive, received a brief video message and a partner violence resource list; those in the second group received the same list without screening; and those in the control group received a resource list not specific to partner violence. One year after…