Screen All Women of Childbearing Age for Partner Violence, Say USPSTF, AAFP

Both the AAFP and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) have updated their positions on screening for intimate partner violence, calling on physicians to screen all women of childbearing age, regardless of whether symptoms are present, and provide or refer women who screen positive to intervention services. According to family physician and USPSTF Co-vice Chair Michael LeFevre, M.D., M.S.P.H., the USPSTF was able to issue its new recommendation, which was published Jan. 22 in the Annals of Internal Medicine
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