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Patient and provider barriers, facilitators, and implementation preferences of intimate partner violence perpetration screening
Portnoy GA, Colon R, Gross GM, Adams LJ, Bastian LA, Iverson KM. Patient and provider barriers, facilitators, and implementation preferences of intimate partner violence perpetration screening. BMC Health Services Research 2020, 20: 746. PMID: 32791967, PMCID: PMC7424651, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05595-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntimate partner violenceImplementation preferencesIntimate Partner Violence PerpetrationPartner violence perpetrationIPV experiencesProvider barriersPartner violenceQualitative interviewsViolence perpetrationVHA healthcareVeterans Health Administration patientsWay of screeningIPV useUnderstudied aspectSelf-report screening toolContent analysisHealthcare responseStrong rapportProfessional disciplinesComprehensive processSubstantial prevalenceVHA providersFacilitatorsClinical practiceProviders' beliefs
2019
Trauma and Sexual Risk: Do Men and Women Veterans Differ?
Combellick JL, Dziura J, Portnoy GA, Mattocks KM, Brandt CA, Haskell SG. Trauma and Sexual Risk: Do Men and Women Veterans Differ? Women's Health Issues 2019, 29: s74-s82. PMID: 31253246, DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2019.04.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAdult Survivors of Child AbuseAgedBullyingChildCohort StudiesCrime VictimsFemaleHumansIntimate Partner ViolenceMaleMiddle AgedMilitary PersonnelRisk FactorsRisk-TakingSexual BehaviorSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsVeteransVeterans HealthConceptsRisky sexual behaviorWomen veteransSexual behaviorSingle significant risk factorSignificant risk factorsWomen Veterans Cohort StudyVeterans Health AdministrationHistory of traumaRelated health outcomesCohort studyPredictive factorsRisk factorsMilitary-related traumaBinge drinkingMen veteransMilitary exposureHealth AdministrationHealth outcomesTrauma-related experiencesHealth servicesMultivariate analysisProtective factorsSexual riskTraumaAdditional risk
2012
The Hope in Her Eyes: The Role of Children in Afghan Women’s Resilience
Brodsky AE, Talwar G, Welsh EA, Scheibler JE, Backer P, Portnoy GA, Carrillo A, Kline E. The Hope in Her Eyes: The Role of Children in Afghan Women’s Resilience. American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry 2012, 82: 358-366. PMID: 22880974, DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01162.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRole of childrenWomen's resilienceWomen of AfghanistanProtection of childrenStrengths-based approachProcess of resilienceRevolutionary AssociationPolitical activityAfghan womenResistance organizationsChildren's roleProtective factorsQualitative dataResilienceAfghanistanArticleUseful mechanismContextRawasUnique settingWomenConflictInterviewsRisk womenResponsibility