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Research & Evaluation
Preliminary Investigation of the Use of Health Records in Civil and Criminal Cases of Violence Against Women in RelationshipsIn this research project, funded by the Law Foundation of BC, we hoped to learn how health records may influence legal processes and outcomes for women in cases of criminal domestic assault charges, custody and access decisions, and child protection (children who witness abuse).
The primary question relates to whether the chronicles of the harms against women found in health records are used in litigation to reach positive legal outcomes for abused women or whether they are used to discredit women and their claims, thus repeating the harms to women through the legal process.
Both legal and qualitative studies were done to analyze how health records are being used in civil and criminal cases. Both studies found that violence against women in relationships has serious legal, health, social, and economic implications for women.
The information contained in this document will be used to assist to develop guidelines for the creation and use of health records for women experiencing violence.
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