9 in 10 men want their doctors to ask about domestic violence
University of Wisconsin-Madison
MADISON, Wis. -- A nationally representative survey of young men finds that 90 percent believe their doctors should ask whether they have perpetrated or experienced domestic violence -- but only 13 percent have ever been asked.
The large gap between those who have been asked about domestic violence and those willing to discuss it suggests that physicians have an opportunity to begin more conversations about domestic violence and potentially intervene, says Tova Walsh, a professor of social work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who led the study.
"I think it's really surprising how many men think their doctors should ask them about domestic violence," says Walsh. "My hope is that spreading the word about that would lead clinicians to feel more comfortable in asking."
As part of a broader survey on health, fatherhood and relationships conducted in partnership with the market research company Ipsos, the study polled 916 U.S. men aged 18 to 35 who had been in an intimate relationship. Nineteen percent of men reported perpetrating domestic violence, also known as intimate partner violence, and 27 percent said they had been victims of abuse -- findings in line with previous research. The majority of men involved in intimate partner violence reported being both perpetrators and victims.
https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/uow-9i1071020.php
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than they are the perpetrators?
In which previous studies is this finding in line?
