On the occasion of the international day to combat violence against women on November 25, the High Health Authority “decided to deploy a tool at the national level to help identify domestic violence,” we learned in a statement on Wednesday.
The objective of the HAS is to standardize the issue among professionals, in order to treat women victims of violence more quickly.
Every year dozens of women are killed by their spouses or husbands. In 2021, the police services and gendarmerie units registered 122 femicides. This year, the Todos Todos association has already counted 121 femicides.
“A Life Hazard”
The document, which will be widely disseminated with the support of the Health Insurance, will encourage professionals “to systematically question all their patients about the existence of current or past domestic violence.”
“Undetected violence has consequences on physical and mental health and, in general, becomes more frequent and severe over time, to the point of representing a vital risk,” recalls the HAS.
“This role is all the more important since doctors, due to the relationship of trust they have with their patients, are very often the first professionals that women victims of violence turn to,” justifies the High Health Authority.
According to the BVA institute, which conducted a study on the topic for SAH in October 2022 on a representative sample of 875 women, 96% of patients consider systematic questioning to be a good thing.
Source: BFM TV
