Domestic violence: Screening and management in South Africa
Violence manifests in various ways in healthcare, including trauma from an undifferentiated patient, psychosomatic illness, substance abuse or dependency and mental health challenges. Different forms of violence exist, such as intimate partner violence, gender-based violence, domestic violence, chil...
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| description | Violence manifests in various ways in healthcare, including trauma from an undifferentiated patient, psychosomatic illness, substance abuse or dependency and mental health challenges. Different forms of violence exist, such as intimate partner violence, gender-based violence, domestic violence, child abuse, neglect, elder abuse, sexual violence, self-directed violence and collective violence. These may be included in domestic violence or exist as standalone forms. Health practitioners play a pivotal role in managing incidents of domestic violence. This article highlights the definitions in the Amended Domestic Violence Act of 2021 and suggests screening options for domestic violence. The authors also suggest screening tools, a management flow diagram and contact numbers for resources. Domestic violence can be a generational curse that compromises biopsychosocial wellbeing. To break the perceived culture of violence, healthcare workers play a pivotal role in screening and management, as well as the mandatory reporting of domestic violence when children and the elderly are sharing such a household. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f1bc6161008e42a696f9227b7e535f042025-02-11T13:26:42ZengAOSISSouth African Family Practice2078-61902078-62042025-01-01671e1e510.4102/safp.v67i1.60004637Domestic violence: Screening and management in South AfricaDeidré Pretorius0Aviva Ruch1Division of Family Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgUnit for Undergraduate Medical Education, Faculty of Health, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgViolence manifests in various ways in healthcare, including trauma from an undifferentiated patient, psychosomatic illness, substance abuse or dependency and mental health challenges. Different forms of violence exist, such as intimate partner violence, gender-based violence, domestic violence, child abuse, neglect, elder abuse, sexual violence, self-directed violence and collective violence. These may be included in domestic violence or exist as standalone forms. Health practitioners play a pivotal role in managing incidents of domestic violence. This article highlights the definitions in the Amended Domestic Violence Act of 2021 and suggests screening options for domestic violence. The authors also suggest screening tools, a management flow diagram and contact numbers for resources. Domestic violence can be a generational curse that compromises biopsychosocial wellbeing. To break the perceived culture of violence, healthcare workers play a pivotal role in screening and management, as well as the mandatory reporting of domestic violence when children and the elderly are sharing such a household.https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/6000domestic violenceabuselegislationgender-based violenceintimate partner violence. |
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| title | Domestic violence: Screening and management in South Africa |
| title_full | Domestic violence: Screening and management in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Domestic violence: Screening and management in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Domestic violence: Screening and management in South Africa |
| title_short | Domestic violence: Screening and management in South Africa |
| title_sort | domestic violence screening and management in south africa |
| topic | domestic violence abuse legislation gender-based violence intimate partner violence. |
| url | https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/6000 |
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