BACKGROUND Since many health problems are associated with abuse and neglect at all ages, domestic violence victims may be considered as a group of primary care patients in need of special attention. METHODS The aim of this multi-centre study was to assess the prevalence of domestic violence in primary care patients, and to identify those factors which influence the co-occurrence of psychologi...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of domestic violence remains unacceptably high with numerous consequences ranging from psychological to maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity outcomes in pregnant women. The aim of this study was to identify factors that increased the likelihood of an event of domestic violence as reported by ever married Ghanaian women. METHODS Data from the 2008 Ghana Demog...

We study the impact of the integration of women in US policing between the late 1970s and early 1990s on violent crime reporting and domestic violence escalation. Along these two key dimensions, we find that female officers improved police quality. Using crime victimization data, we find that as female representation increases among officers in an area, violent crimes against women in that area...

objective: family violence, specifically domestic violence, has been identified by the medical community as a serious, no remitting epidemic with adverse health consequences. world health organization(who) has stated that violence against women is a priority issue in the fields of health and human rights. a quasi experimental study were conducted in different faculties of tehran university of m...

As elsewhere, domestic violence is prevalent in Ghana. This paper was conducted in the Upper West Region of Ghana and aimed to explore domestic violence from the perspectives of adult men and women. The study participants were selected based on purposive sampling. Due to its qualitative nature, 20 married male and female participants were recruited for the study. The data was obtained through i...

This article makes four major points in response to Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rolling’s (2010) review of the intimate partner violence literature. First, the evidence is clear that there is more than one type of intimate partner violence. Second, the feminists are right. Gender is central to the analysis of intimate partner violence, and the coercive controlling violence that most people associat...

The aim of this study was the effectiveness of behavioral couple’s therapy to reduce domestic violence in women substance abusers. The design of this study was experimental with pre-test, pos-ttest and fallow up with control group. The study included all couples that had referred to Cessation clinic for substance abuse in Ahvaz city that among them 20 couples were selected and randomly di...

In this cross-sectional survey conducted from August 1, 2009 to January 31, 2010, 400 women with primary infertility attending Valiasr reproductive health research center in Tehran, Iran, were interviewed using the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales questionnaire (CTS2). This instrument was developed to investigate the presence domestic violence. A total of 247 women (61.8%) reported having experi...

BACKGROUND Research shows that domestic violence against women in the United States is common, and the prevalence of domestic violence is high among Native American women. Victims of domestic violence can benefit from appropriate office intervention and referral. This study examined the effect of administrative and legal requirements on screening for domestic violence in Indian Health Service (...