Intimate Partner Violence
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- Prior to pregnancy, ask women about past experiences of interpersonal violence, sexual violence,
or child maltreatment so that psychological issues can be treated.
- Screen all women of childbearing potential for intimate partner violence and other current
sources of physical, emotional, or verbal abuse, including reproductive coercion using the
following 3 questions:
- Within the last year, have you been hit, slapped, kicked, or otherwise physically
hurt or threatened by someone?
- Since you've been pregnant, have you been hit, slapped, kicked, or otherwise
physically hurt or threatened by someone?
- Within the last year, has anyone forced you to engage in sexual activities that made
you uncomfortable?
- See resources for more information
- If screen is positive, offer further evaluation and counseling with mental health and/or social
work to assess personal safety and available resources for safe shelter.
- Counsel women that during pregnancy, interpersonal violence and abuse may increase.
- Discuss "invisible" contraceptives that cannot be detected by a woman's partner, such as an IUD
with a very short string or Depo-Provera.
- Offer emergency contraception to have at home when needed.
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