Final Recommendation Statement: Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults

Final Recommendation Statement: Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults

Final Recommendation Statement: Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 01/22/2013 08:00 AM EST

Today, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released its final recommendation statement on screening for intimate partner violence and abuse of elderly and vulnerable adults. To view the recommendation and the evidence on which it is based, please click here. A fact sheet that explains the final recommendation statement in plain language is available here. The final recommendation can also be found in the January 22 online edition of Annals of Internal Medicine.
http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf12/ipvelder/ipvelderfact.pdf