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. 2017 Apr 19;48(2):179–200. doi: 10.1111/sifp.12021

Table 5.

Less comprehensive and integrated services and systems response: Barriers and facilitators

Studies of less comprehensive services Barriers to integration Facilitators for integration
Jacobs and Jewkes 2002
  • Negative experiences were largely related to the broader health system, such as shortage of staff to resolve the problem.

  • Fear that health managers would not be supportive of IPV skill implementation.

  • Government and Department of Health support.

  • Training of health managers and key referral providers.

  • Successful implementation required ongoing advocacy with health management to recognize IPV as a public health problem that needs health system support for PHC staff.

Matseke and Peltzer 2013 Not documented Not documented
Naved et al. 2009
  • Long waiting time before seeing the paramedic.

  • Some women reported that coming to counseling sessions at the clinic could escalate violence from their husbands.

  • Paramedics were empathetic, nonjudgmental, and treated women as equals.

  • Privacy and confidentiality were maintained.

  • Ongoing support and debriefings during the first six months of the intervention.

Tiwari et al. 2005 Not documented Not documented