DESCRIPTION Update of the 2004 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation statement on screening for family and intimate partner violence (IPV). METHODS The USPSTF commissioned a systematic evidence review on screening women for IPV and elderly and vulnerable adults for abuse and neglect. This review examined the accuracy of screening tools for identifying IPV and the benefit...

human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) is a public health challenge facing both developing and developed nations. although injecting drug use is even the main route of hiv transmission in iran, sexual route is rising gradually. vulnerable women have been considered as important bridging population for driving hiv epidemics. to increase the access to vulnerable women, in 2007, 5 pilot centers were e...

background: vulnerable women are prone to sexually transmitted diseases (std) due to their special conditions and poor knowledge about these diseases in the society. therefore, the present study aimed to determine the vulnerable women’s self-care needs in knowledge, attitude and practice concerning std. methods: this is a cross-sectional-descriptive study conducted in 2014. the data collection ...

Violence against women (VAW) affects at least 35% of worldwide. The need to combat VAW is seemingly noncontroversial: As existing work shows, ideology does not explain governments’ propensity adopt anti-VAW legislation. Yet, effectively implementing legislation requires complex policy frameworks odds with conservative values. Voters’ preferences can meaningfully influence outputs, so electoral ...