Table 1.

Family violence response development enablers

Local	Getting started
	Appoint a Key Resource Person supported by a family violence response steering group and team of champions
	Establish a consultation pathway to a family violence specialist to provide expert advocacy and address capacity issues
	Building relationships
	Engage strong management and clinical leadership support early in response development
	Ensure response development is up-to-date to maintain health professional confidence in response
	Shaping a national response to family violence
	Develop an autonomous response which meets local context and population needs
Community	Building relationships
	Establish strong community relationships, share information and knowledge and generate enthusiasm for developing a comprehensive quality response
	Support relationships by encouraging attendance at family violence response group meetings, sending newsletters, establishing information pathways, visiting general practices with specialists
National	Getting started
	Prioritise family violence as a health issue for primary health care
	Sourcing funding
	Evidence high-level organisational support by providing dedicated funding
	Shaping a national response to family violence
	Prioritise family violence as a target health issue and provide support to implement a comprehensive quality response
	Coordinate a national health care approach to family violence which allows for local autonomy
	Consider different implementation strategies for different levels of health care (primary, secondary, tertiary)