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I4B - Screening for Physical and Sexual Violence Among College Women: Missed Opportunities for Intervention

Wednesday, June 15, 2016 : 10:30 AM

Title: I4B - Screening for Physical and Sexual Violence Among College Women: Missed Opportunities for Intervention

Texas 4-6 (Gaylord Grapevine)
Heidi Collins Fantasia, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC , College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
Melissa Sutherland, PhD, FNP-BC , William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

Discipline: Women’s Health (WH)

Learning Objectives:
  • The learner will be able to state the prevalence of physical and sexual violence among women on college campuses
  • The learner will be able to list the differences between physical and sexual violence screening practices among on campus and off campus health care providers
  • The learner will be able to list 2 strategies that health care providers can use to increase physical and sexual violence screening

    • Submission Description:
    This presentation will report on results of a study that examined college women's experiences of violence screening by health care providers, both on and off campus. Implications for practice and strategies to increase screening rates will be discussed.

    See more of: I4 – Oral Presentations on Intimate Partner Violence
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