Hospital responsiveness to family violence : 12 month follow-up evaluation
Koziol-McLain, Jane
Hospital responsiveness to family violence : 12 month follow-up evaluation Koziol-McLain, Jane; Adams, Jo; Davies, Emma; Balzer, Roma; Harvey, Sue; Coben, Jeffrey H. - Auckland Interdisciplinary Trauma Research Unit, Auckland University of Technology 2006 - 109 p. ; computer file : PDF format (1.13mb) - Report 4 .
This report, which is one in a series that evaluates health care responsiveness to family violence, presents a 12 month follow-up of audit findings and compares these to the baseline findings of the first report (see Koziol-McLain et al, 2004). Results of the follow-up audit indicate that significant progress has been made in programme development for responding to both partner abuse and child abuse and neglect in acute care hospitals. However, most hospitals are in the early stages of programme implementation and there is still important work to be done. There was concern that 9 of the 25 hospitals being evaluated had no family violence coordinator at the time of the follow-up audit and 10 of the 25 hospitals had no child abuse programme coordinator. Even in those hospitals with programme coordinators, their sustainability is not assured. It was concluded that continued programme resourcing is necessary if appropriate intervention is to be followed by appropriate service delivery and better outcomes. The strengths and limitations of the audit are discussed.
nz
1177-4347
CHILD NEGLECT
CHILDREN
DEMOGRAPHICS
HEALTH
INTERVENTION
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
POLICY
SOCIAL SERVICES
STATISTICS
TREATMENT
WOMEN
MĀORI
PREVENTION
CHILD ABUSE
NEW ZEALAND
Hospital responsiveness to family violence : 12 month follow-up evaluation Koziol-McLain, Jane; Adams, Jo; Davies, Emma; Balzer, Roma; Harvey, Sue; Coben, Jeffrey H. - Auckland Interdisciplinary Trauma Research Unit, Auckland University of Technology 2006 - 109 p. ; computer file : PDF format (1.13mb) - Report 4 .
This report, which is one in a series that evaluates health care responsiveness to family violence, presents a 12 month follow-up of audit findings and compares these to the baseline findings of the first report (see Koziol-McLain et al, 2004). Results of the follow-up audit indicate that significant progress has been made in programme development for responding to both partner abuse and child abuse and neglect in acute care hospitals. However, most hospitals are in the early stages of programme implementation and there is still important work to be done. There was concern that 9 of the 25 hospitals being evaluated had no family violence coordinator at the time of the follow-up audit and 10 of the 25 hospitals had no child abuse programme coordinator. Even in those hospitals with programme coordinators, their sustainability is not assured. It was concluded that continued programme resourcing is necessary if appropriate intervention is to be followed by appropriate service delivery and better outcomes. The strengths and limitations of the audit are discussed.
nz
1177-4347
CHILD NEGLECT
CHILDREN
DEMOGRAPHICS
HEALTH
INTERVENTION
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
POLICY
SOCIAL SERVICES
STATISTICS
TREATMENT
WOMEN
MĀORI
PREVENTION
CHILD ABUSE
NEW ZEALAND