background domestic violence appears to be a major social problem. researches in the last 10 years have uncovered multiple effects of witnessing domestic violence on children, ranging in severity from little or no effect to sever psychological harm. objectives this study aimed to measure the prevalence of exposure to domestic violence among high school students in tehran. materials and methods ...

for their critical review of the paper and insightful suggestions for change. INTRODUCTION Putting 'name' to an event, action, experience, or idea is a powerful act. " Naming " is an act of defining and authenticating that provides the person or group, which has successfully conducted the naming, with the authority to say what something is and what it is not. The capacity to name allows the per...

Although domestic violence is an increasing public health concern in developing countries, evidence from representative, community-based studies is limited. In a survey of 5109 women of reproductive age in the Rakai District of Uganda, 30% of women had experienced physical threats or physical abuse from their current partner--20% during the year before the survey. Three of five women who report...

BACKGROUND Violence against women is one of the major public health problems in both developed and developing worlds. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of current (occurred in one year preceding the survey) domestic violence and socio-demographic factors associated with domestic violence against women. METHODS This was a cross sectional household survey (face to face int...

a study on the demestic violence in women with addicted and non-addicted husbands reffered to forensic center of urmia, iran     aghakhani n [1] ,mosavi e [2] ,eftekhari a [3] ,eghtedar s [4] ,zareei a [5] ,mesgarzadeh m [6] ,rahbar n [7] , nikoonajaz ar [8] *     received: 8 oct , 2013 accepted: 20 nov , 2013   abstract   background & aims: violence against women is a phenomenon in which women...

The article explores some of the ways heterosexual women are portrayed as perpetrators of intimate partner domestic violence (IPV) in police domestic violence records in England and is the first study in the United Kingdom to examine the issue of gender and domestic violence perpetrators in any detail and over time. The article is based on a study of 128 IPV cases tracked longitudinally over 6 ...

background & objectives: domestic violence(dv) is the most prevalent form of violence against women. it is associated with many socio-economic & psychological complications. this research was conducted to identify the causes and effects of violence against women & also characterization of victims. materials & methods: this cross sectional & prospective study included all referring women to law-...