The domestic violence screening through the empowerment of mental health cadres

Domestic violence spans across cultures and many countries include Indonesia. In the women and childrenperspectives, it is taboo to report the domestic violence because it is a private matter, not for the publicdomain. Therefore domestic violence screening through the empowerment and mentoring of mental healthcadres is needed to raise awareness of domestic violence in rural community. The aim of this study is toexplore the influence of the empowerment and mentoring of mental health cadres on screening domesticviolence. A quasi experimental was conducted among mental health cadres. The total sampling derivedfrom six sub district of Kalegen village. Data were analyzed by using SPSS (version 19). A total sample of 22mental health cadres aged between 28 years to 49 years. There is a high significant screening capability inpretest-posttest after empowerment and mentoring of mental health cadres (p> .001). The empowermentand mentoring of mental health cadres on screening domestic violence could strengthen support and raisingdomestic violence awareness. This intervention should become a part of community health program incommunity. A longitudinal study can be carried out to prevent domestic violence