This paper presents the findings of an exploratory study designed to investigate what is known about women's experiences of domestic abuse and their impact on treatment outcomes. Aims: To explore whether domestic abuse has an impact on women's access to treatment, retention, relapse, or increase...
Despite the growing awareness of the incidence of depression and PTSD in women experiencing IPV, few studies have examined prospectively the experience of IPV during pregnancy and the impact of the abuse on women's mental health. As a component of a larger clinical trial of an intervention for ...
A study involving 45 women who accused their partners of domestic abuse has highlighted serious health problems they have suffered as a result, they say, of biased family court proceedings. Ad While the study is qualitative and self-reported and so not generalizable to the wider population, thew...
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Prevalence of intimate partner violence: findings from the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence. BACKGROUND: Violence against women is a serious human rights abuse and public health issue. Despite growing evidence of the size of the problem, current ev... Garcia ...
alcohol and drug abuse; use of services; and views on routine enquiry within a health context.Results 1,135 men completed a survey, of which 523 (46.0%) identified themselves as either gay or bisexual, 501 (95.8%) answered all questions relating to domestic violence in Part 1 of the surve...
Emerging evidence from China suggests that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is deadlier for infected men than women with a 2.8% fatality rate being reported in Chinese men versus 1.7% in women. Further, sex-disaggregated data for COVID-19 in several E
As Cavanaugh recalls, the impetus for her research was the well-timed culmination of her academic and clinical training. As an undergraduate at the University of Oregon, she had taken a course on the domestic assault of women, examining how it impacts victims' health and well-being. ...
the health and well-being of women both in the immediate and long term, continuing even after the relationship has ended. Domestic violence occurs between people in an intimate relationship. Domestic violence can take many forms, including emotional, sexual and physical abuse and threats of abuse....