Definitions of Intimate Partner Violence Screening Implementation Strategies Used
| Implementation Strategies | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Access new funding | Access new or existing money to facilitate IPV screening implementation |
| Audit and provide feedback, with relay of clinical data to providers | Collect and summarize clinical performance data over a specified time period about key measures of process/outcomes, then give it to clinicians and administrators to modify provider behavior and promote use of IPV screening practices |
| Change record systems to remind clinicians | Change record systems to allow better assessment of implementation or clinical outcomes (eg, clinical reminder, note templates) and to prompt clinicians to use the IPV screening clinical innovation |
| Conduct IPV educational meetings and educational outreach visits | Hold meetings led by a trained person and targeted toward different stakeholder groups (eg, providers, administrators, other organizational stakeholders, and community, patient/consumer, and family stakeholders) to teach them about IPV and IPV screening |
| Conduct ongoing IPV trainings | Plan for and conduct IPV trainings in an ongoing way |
| Create a learning collaborative through advisory boards or workgroups | Facilitate the formation of groups of providers and other kinds of stakeholders' groups that foster a collaborative learning environment, to provide input and advice on implementation efforts and improve IPV screening implementation |
| Develop and distribute IPV educational materials | Develop and format IPV guidelines, manuals, toolkits, and other supporting materials in ways that make it easier for stakeholders to learn about IPV, then distribute these materials in person, by mail, and/or electronically to enable staff and clinicians to learn how to deliver IPV screening |
| Identify and prepare champions | Identify and prepare individuals who dedicate themselves to supporting, marketing, and driving through IPV screening implementation, overcoming indifference or resistance that the intervention may provoke within the medical center |
IPV, intimate partner violence.
Adapted from Powell et al.31