A study was recently presented by Megan H. Bair-Merritt, MD, in the New England Journal of Medicine. It talked about the effect of Intimate Partner Violence or IPV on children. But the impact of health-care professionals is often missing here. Megan says, “Therefore, the healthcare community now has an important opportunity to mitigate the adverse impact of IPV on both women and children.”
There are a reported 15 million children who face IPV every year. Children exposed to IPV have a direct risk to their health. An immediate step which needs for preventing the same is regular check ups for IPV in women who are of child bearing age.
Once IPV is reported, one must take the help of different IPV programs given by the hospitals and community. This will help manage and protect both the woman and child’s safety. It also ensures adherence to the state specific reporting laws.
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