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Table 5 Major barriers to screening (N = number of respondents who consider this a limiting factor)

From: Australian hospital staff perceptions of barriers and enablers of domestic and family violence screening and response

Barriers

N (%)

No interpreter available

151 (87.8)

Presence of woman’s partner

145 (84.3)

Woman doesn’t speak English fluently

137 (79.7)

Not having built rapport with the woman

131 (76.2)

No comfortable space to speak with women about DFV

125 (72.7)

No social worker available

125 (72.7)

No single rooms available

105 (61.0)

My workload is too high

84 (48.8)