Table 4 Potential interventions that would warrant further investigation for their effectiveness at improving IPV/FV recognition and management in the regional and rural primary care setting

Offer locally developed and run education to enhance GP knowledge of:

• The role of the GP in facilitating GP-led disclosure of abuse

• The importance of GPs identifying and validating patient concerns

• Patient-centred and collaborative decision making

• Local community IPV/FV referral and service information.

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Increase GP knowledge of local referral resources through:

• Annual GP updates on IPV/FV service availability as part of awareness raising events (such a White Ribbon Day)

• Improved centralised coordination, partnerships, referral pathways and joint care within local communities though enhancing relationships between services, including determining whether local advocate services could be better integrated into primary care.

Advocate for the availability of Medicare items for IPV/FV, as well as time-based items to enable closer follow-up, rapport and trust building with patients experiencing abuse.

Offer practical skills training sessions on:

• Identification of patients experiencing violence

• Developing safety plans

• Brief interventions and matching interventions to the readiness of the patient

• Assisting patients to make decisions about their future.

Automate GP prompting about relationships as part of preventive health screens.