Table 1 Family violence response development enablers
From: Developing a response to family violence in primary health care: the New Zealand experience
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) |