Introduction: Domestic violence is a global phenomenon which during pregnancy, not only affect mother’s health, but can also directly or indirectly have an abusive effect on fetus’s health. Objective: The objective of the present study is to determine the relationship between domestic violence during pregnancy with its consequences on pregnant women referring to public maternity ho...

The relationships among women's experiences of domestic violence, community violence, and their mental health functioning were explored (N = 94). Social contagion theory was used to argue for the link between community violence and family violence. Results revealed that women's experiences of domestic violence were not related to community violence. Furthermore, women's mental health functionin...

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545 I. Domestic Violence and the Current Law Enforcement Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 R A. Inadequate Domestic Violence Intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 R B. Weak Constitutional Guarantees for P...

Interest in domestic violence work has been growing for many years in the restorative justice movement, particularly on an academic level. Resources and discussions that connected restorative justice and domestic violence were very few five years ago, but that is changing. Publications such as the collection Restorative Justice and Family Violence (ed. by Strang and Braithwaite), the multi-year...

BACKGROUND Implementation of screening guidelines for domestic violence has been challenging. The multifaceted "systems model" may provide an effective means to improve domestic violence screening, identification, and intervention in the healthcare setting. METHODS We developed: (1) a systems model approach using tools for effective referral, evaluation, and reporting of domestic violence; (2...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To evaluate the implementation of a domestic violence screening protocol in an oncology clinic. DESIGN A retrospective review of a random sample of clinic medical records and qualitative surveys of nursing staff. SETTING A gynecologic oncology clinic in a large teaching hospital. SAMPLE 204 charts were abstracted and six oncology nurses completed surveys. METHODS A ra...

conclusions the results of the study showed a high prevalence of domestic violence in iran, which requires the adoption of appropriate measures and the initiation of effective interventions by the legal authorities. these measures and interventions should aim to determine the causes of domestic violence and to develop ways of controlling and reducing this destructive phenomenon. results based o...

Introduction: Ignoring domestic violence as serious social harm can cause irreparable damage to society. The purpose of this study is to investigates the relationship between relationship standards and domestic violence with the mediating role of individual well-being in the hospital staff of Bojnord city. Methods and Materials: The research was designed for correlation through structural equa...

Domestic violence is recognised as a serious violation of women’s basic rights. Conventional economic models of domestic violence suggest that higher participation by women in the labour force leads to a decrease in domestic violence. In this paper, we study the relationship between women employment and domestic violence in India. We used a nationally representative database, National Family He...