Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 433-442.e7 , April 2008

Does Screening in the Emergency Department Hurt or Help Victims of Intimate Partner Violence?

Presented at a panel presentation at the Family Violence Prevention Fund conference, March 2007, San Francisco, CA.

  • Debra Houry, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Debra Houry, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University, 49 Jesse Hill Jr Dr SE #114, Atlanta, GA 30303; 404-616-3181, fax 404-616-6182
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  • Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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  • Robin S. Kemball, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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  • Louise Anne McNutt, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY
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  • Catherine Cerulli, PhD, JD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
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  • Helen Straus, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
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  • Eli Rosenberg, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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  • Chengxing Lu, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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  • Karin V. Rhodes, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Received 11 May 2007 ,Revised 31 October 2007 ,Accepted 6 November 2007.

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 Supervising editors: Rita K. Cydulka, MD, MS; Michael L. Callaham, MD

 Author contributions: DH, NJK, LAM, CC, HS, and KVR developed the study design and obtained funding. DH, NJK, and RSK oversaw the study protocol and enrollment of participants. ER and CL performed statistical analyses. All authors participated in drafting and revising the article and all approved the final version. DH takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Supported by CDC R-49 grant 4230113 (Houry), NIMH K-23 grant 069375 (Houry), and NIMH K23 64574 (Rhodes).

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PII: S0196-0644(07)01786-6

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.11.019

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 433-442.e7 , April 2008

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