Report: HRSA should classify as essential certain health care services related to intimate partner violence 

The Health Resources and Services Administration should classify as essential 15 health care services related to intimate partner violence, including forensic medical exams; emergency and reproductive care; screening for sexually transmitted infections and substance use disorders; primary, specialty and mental health care; support services; and dental care, according to a report released Jan. 11 by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. HRSA’s Office of Women’s Health asked the study committee to identify essential health care services for women related to intimate partner violence and strategies to sustain access to those services during public health emergencies.