BACKGROUND The recent World Report on Disability highlighted violence as a leading cause of morbidity among disabled people. However, we know little about the extent to which people with disability experience different violence types, and associated health/economic costs. The recent introduction of disability measures into the England&Wales victimization survey provided an opportunity to addres...

BACKGROUND American and Australian studies indicate that domestic violence is common among patients attending for emergency care. It is not clear whether this applies to patients attending emergency departments in the UK. METHODS A single centre cross sectional study. Adult patients attending the emergency department of Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge were interviewed in randomly allocated ...

Background: Domestic violence as a social factor has a significant role in the duration and quality of breastfeeding. Objectives: This study aims to determine association of domestic violence and early suppression of lactation in Mothers Referring to Health Centers in Lahijan- Iran. Methods: The present study is a retrospective case-control study. Participants included 235 mothers, 150 breast...

Background Globally, knowledge of health sector options to respond to domestic violence during pregnancy is increasing, but this topic is under-investigated in Nepal. This gap affects the provision of adequate antenatal care services and understanding of factors that influence women's willingness and ability to use available services. It is critical to know more about the social norms in a comm...

BACKGROUND Domestic violence is a forced pattern of behavior that happened in domestic settings to gain or maintain power and control over an individual. The aim of this work is to study the magnitude of domestic violence in south region of Jordan. METHODS The retrospective study was retrieved from the medico-legal reports of domestic violence cases referred to the Directorate of Forensic Med...

BACKGROUND Patterns of domestic violence fatalities and agency responses in Hawaii have not been explicated. METHODS Retrospective reviews of events leading up to domestic violence related fatalities in Hawaii were assessed from 45 adjudicated cases that resulted in 62 fatalities for the ten year period from 2000-2009. RESULTS Almost one-half of the fatalities were homicide/suicide combinat...

The health care system has only recently adopted protocols and training to enable practitioners to identify and respond to victims of domestic violence. Currently, most hospitals have domestic violence protocols in place, although training in the use of protocols is less routine. However, because the provision of health care focuses on the treatment of the individual, the well-being of the chil...