The Kaiser reports are always slanted toward justification of nationalized health, "women's issues" and "reproductive health.")
Full concurment with you. The "kaiser system" is used as the model for socialized healthcare. (dittos, "wellness" centers).
Nevertheless, there are significant relationships between IPV and health. Doctors should screen, should be aware, and be prepared to help with what treatment we do have.
Explain which IPV you are referring to. Search engines bring up many different acronyms concerning "IPV". Do you mean "Intimate Partner Violence"?
And please explain to me why you think it should be a "screening" standard, pls? I can understand it in re children; but not so-called adults.
(Asidem: Did you know in CA schools, it was, and may yet be that "having guns in the home" was a criterion for a possible investigation into the Home? Do you agree with this?)
More males than females show up in the ER's all across this country with curious wounds and injuries. Do you think the males should also be "IVP'd" for abuse from their Intimate Partners?
Sorry for the mistake on ID of the original poster.
Physicians should investigate - and need to know that they need to investigate - the cause of any trauma and should be aware that non-trauma complaints (such as migraines, dypareunia (pain on sex)and vague bodily complaints, as well as psychological problems) may be associated with "Intimate Partner Violence," the term used in the Kaiser note and in the better (in my opinion) media reports.The reason for screening is the sequelae, which will be better treated if the etiology is known.
As to the earlier question about why this report was published and why the press release. Justification of the grant, reporting significant data, job security and advancement, academic prestige, moma was abused or, possibly, someone on the team hates men (or violence of any kind). This is one of the largest studies I've ever seen and that makes the data better. Academics must "publish or perish." And, different researchers tend to have a specialty subject or interest - for all sorts of benign reasons as well as agendas.