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Table 3 Overall knowledge responses of gps regarding IPV/FV

From: Knowledge and practices of regional and rural general practitioners in the identification and management of intimate partner and family violence: a mixed methods study in Western Australia

Knowledge Questions:

Please respond ‘True’, ‘False’ or ‘Don’t Know’ for the following statements:

% Answering ‘True’

% Answering ‘False’

% Answering ‘Don’t Know’

Women who have experienced IPV/FV are at a greater risk of injury when they leave the relationship.

58

29

13

If I am suspicious that a female patient has presented with signs or symptoms of IPV/FV, it is safer to arrange to talk to the patient without her partner present.

96

4

0

Gender inequality is the underlying driver of violence against women.

54

33

13

Pregnant women are at higher risk of experiencing intimate partner violence.

84

0

16