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Last revised: 13 Apr 2022
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Figure 1.1. Typology of interpersonal violence1
Figure 1.2. Forms of abuse and violence
Figure 1.3. Intimate partner abuse
Figure 1.4. Factors associated with violence10
Figure 1.5. CATCH model15
Reproduced from: Hegarty K, McKibbin G, Hameed M, et al. Health practitioners’ readiness to address domestic violence and abuse: A qualitative meta-synthesis. PLoS One 2020;15:e0234067.
Figure 2.1. Prevalence of lifetime intimate partner abuse
Figure 2.2. Victim/survivors’ disclosures of intimate partner abuse to services and people
Figure 2.3. Health outcomes associated with different types of intimate partner abuse
Source: World Health Organization.5
Tool 3.1. Evidence-based risk factors
Figure 3.1. Responding to a risk assessment15
Figure 4.1. The CARE model3
Figure 5.1. Funnelling questions to identify men who may use abuse and violence in intimate relationships17
Reproduced with permission from: Hegarty K, Forsdike-Young K, Tarzia L, Schweitzer R, Vlais R. Identifying and responding to men who use violence in their intimate relationships. Aust Fam Physician 2016;45(4):176–81.
Figure 6.1. Prevalence of lifetime intimate partner abuse8
Figure 7.1. Model of self-care5
Figure 9.1. Factors influencing the personal threshold required to identify or report child abuse37
Source: Kuruppu J, McKibbin G, Humphreys C, et al. Tipping the scales: Factors influencing the decision to report child maltreatment in primary care. Trauma Violence Abuse 2020;21:427–38. Reproduced with permission from SAGE Publications.
Figure 13.1. The interaction of childhood adversity and biology10
Figure 13.2. A model of complex post-traumatic stress disorder with potential general practice interventions5
Reproduced with permission from: Su WM, Stone L. Adult survivors of childhood trauma: Complex trauma, complex needs. Aust J General Practice. 2020;49(7):423−30.
Figure 13.3. Roadmap to recovery: A flowchart for the management of adult victims/survivors of childhood trauma5
Figure 15.1. Proportion of Australians aged 65 years and over4
Source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Figure 15.2. Applied ecological approach to abuse of older people14
Source: Joosten M, Vrantsides F, Dow B. Understanding elder abuse. A scoping study. Melbourne: Melbourne University and National Ageing Research Institute, 2017:1092–110.
Figure 16.1. Elements contributing to higher rates of family abuse and violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Figure 16.2. Perpetrators and victims/survivors of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family abuse and violence
Figure 16.3. Determinants of social and emotional wellbeing18
Figure 16.4. The CATCH model
Figure 16.5. Applying the CATCH model to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s expectations of care
Figure 17.1. Culturally competent primary care response to family violence15
Reproduced with permission from: Pokharel B, Yelland J, Hooker L, et al. A systematic review of culturally competent family violence responses to women in primary care. Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 2021. Copyright SAGE Publications.
Figure 17.2. Considerations for assessing and managing patients from migrant and refugee backgrounds who might be or are experiencing intimate partner abuse
Figure 19.1. Types of family violence comparing LGBTIQA+ and non-LGBTIQA+ Victorians10
Reproduced with permission from: Victorian Agency for Health Information. The health and wellbeing of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer population in Victoria. Findings from the Victorian Population Health Survey 2017. Melbourne: VAHI, 2020.
Figure 19.2. Barriers to identification of LGBTIQA+ family violence
Figure 19.3. Socio-ecological drivers of LGBTIQA+ family violence44
Figure 19.4. Stages of the patient journey in general practice
Figure 21.1. The CATCH of model of health practitioner readiness to address intimate partner violence9
Source: Hegarty K, McKibbin G, Hameed M, et al. Health practitioners' readiness to address domestic violence and abuse: A qualitative meta-synthesis. PLoS One 2020;15:e0234067.
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