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1 results foundAuthor: Keesbury, Jill Title: Routine screening for intimate partner violence in public health care settings in Kenya: An assessment of acceptability Summary: Although routine screening for intimate partner violence (IPV) is a current recommendation of several professional associations in industrialized countries, developing country contexts such as Kenya have yet to take on this task. There are good reasons for this hesitation, given that strong health systems should ideally be in place prior to the introduction of IPV screening. The current proliferation of one-stop Gender Based Violence (GBV) centers in African countries, however, now provides an opportunity to determine the acceptability of routine IPV screening. That violence has become an increasingly serious public health concern in the region emphasizes further the need for acceptability assessments around this issue. As most research on IPV screening has been conducted in developed countries, this study serves as one of the first in a developing country context to assess the acceptability of IPV screening from the perspective of providers and clients in public health care settings. Drawing primarily on qualitative methods, the study used a descriptive case study design (involving semi-structured, in-depth interviews with clients and providers, and client flow observations) to assess the acceptability of screening for IPV. The study was conducted in Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Nairobi – the oldest and largest public referral hospital in the East African region. The antenatal care clinic, the HIV comprehensive care centre, the Gender-Based Violence Recovery Centre, and the Youth Centre of KNH served as the specific study sites. In conclusion, routine screening for IPV is acceptable to providers and clients at Kenyatta National Hospital. However, to be effective as a routine service, the system as it currently stands needs to be reinforced in specific ways, including greater assurance of confidentiality, more positive provider attitudes and higher respect for clients’ rights. These weaknesses are typical for the quality of care for similar services provided within accredited public sector health facilities in Kenya. Based on the results of this acceptability study, an IPV screening tool was developed in October 2011 by the Kenyatta National Hospital’s IPV Taskforce in collaboration with the Population Council. This tool will be piloted in 2012, through a partnership between the Population Council and Kenyatta National Hospital, to assess the feasibility of administering it routinely in public health care settings to fully measure the success of the IPV screening program—the first of its kind on the African continent. Details: New York: The Population Council, 2012. 38p. Source: Technical Report: Internet Resource: Accessed June 13, 2012 at http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/2012RH_APHIAII_IntimatePartnerViol.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Kenya URL: http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/2012RH_APHIAII_IntimatePartnerViol.pdf Shelf Number: 125349 Keywords: Gender-Based Violence (Kenya)Health Care (Kenya)Hospitals (Kenya)Intimate Partner Violence (Kenya) |