Violence against women and girls: how can general practice respond?

Gene S Feder; Helen A Cramer; Lucy C Potter; Jessica  Roy; Eszter Szilassy

doi:10.3399/BJGP.2025.0244

Violence against women and girls: how can general practice respond?

Gene S Feder^*
, Helen A Cramer
, Lucy C Potter
, Jessica Roy
, Eszter Szilassy

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

There is overlap between different types of violence often affecting the same children, families and households

Intersections of deprivation, disability, poor mental health, and racism amplifies the effect of violence and trauma, also reducing access to general practice support.

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) requires a team-based general practice response underpinned by trauma-informed training and referral pathways to specialist services often in the voluntary sector.

Effective responses to VAWG needs to be rooted in trauma-informed care facilitated by relational continuity and enabled by face-to-face consultations.

Clinician experience of violence and abuse needs to be addressed in training and support.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	297-299
Number of pages	3
Journal	British Journal of General Practice
Volume	75
Issue number	756
Early online date	26 Jun 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0244
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2025

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