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Family violence is common with significant long-term negative health effects. Health professionals are recognised as key providers of family violence intervention. In 2002, the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board launched a Family Violence Intervention Programme in its emergency department. The intervention programme involved staff training, the development of resources and routine questioning for partner abuse within the social history for all women 16 years and over. The aim was to identify the barriers and enablers to routine questioning one year after the programme was launched to inform programme improvements.

Evaluation research using semi-structured interviews; eleven staff participated in either a single or a group interview. Content and thematic analysis, with triangulation of findings was used.

The interviews revealed that routine questioning for partner abuse …