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Physicians question violence prevention skills: ACQIP exercise

Despite feeling adequately trained to deal with child abuse issues, more than two-thirds of pediatricians responding to an AAP self-assessment exercise believe they are inadequately prepared to handle or prevent domestic and community violence.

The self-assessment exercise, titled "Violence Prevention," was administered in February to the 2,194 clinicians who subscribe to the AAP Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement Program (ACQIP); 1,072 responded.

The exercise was designed to help pediatricians see where they stand in comparison to their peers in identifying violence risk factors and developing anticipatory guidance strategies.

For this exercise, violence was defined as child abuse, domestic violence or community violence. Questions focused on family, peer and random violence.