Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta: Key Results from the 2012 Alaska Victimization Survey [PDF]
This document is a two-page summary of the key results from the 2012 Alaska Victimization Survey for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta of Alaska (Bethel Census Area and Kusilvak (formerly Wade Hampton) Census Area), which was conducted from March to May 2012 ...
Rosay, André B.
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Intimate Partner Violence Documentation and Awareness in an Urban Emergency Department. [PDF]
Background Domestic violence rates in smaller cities have been reported to be some of the highest in Canada. It is highly likely that the staff at emergency departments (ED) will come in contact with victims of intimate partner violence in their daily ...
Atkinson, Paul+4 more
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Global and Regional Estimates of Violence Against Women: Prevalence and Health Effects of Intimate Partner Violence and Non-Partner Sexual Violence [PDF]
Violence against women is a significant public health problem, as well as a fundamental violation of women's human rights.This report, developed by the World Health Organization, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the South African ...
Christina Pallitto+4 more
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Background Violence against women remains an important issue of inequality in African societies, with several consequences to health, social and economic status.
Alphonse Kpozehouen+6 more
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Understanding the impact of a microfinance-based intervention on women's empowerment and the reduction of intimate partner violence in South Africa [PDF]
This document presents Understanding the impact of a mocrofinance-based intervention on women;s empowerment and the reduction of intimate partner violence in South Africa.
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Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a major public health concern in low income countries. Violence against pregnant women has adverse effects on maternal and newborn outcomes.
Bikila Lencha+4 more
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Financial inclusion and intimate partner violence: What does the evidence suggest?
Financial inclusion is an area of growing global interest in women's empowerment policy and programming. While increased economic autonomy may be expected to reduce the prevalence of intimate partner violence, the mechanisms and contexts through which ...
Lotus McDougal+4 more
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Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence in the Aleutian/Pribilof Island Region: Key Results from the 2014 and 2015 Alaska Victimization Surveys [PDF]
This document is a two-page summary of the key results from the 2014–2015 Alaska Victimization Survey (AVS) for the Aleutian/Pribilof Island region, which was conducted from April to June 2014 and May to August 2015, with results released on March 13 ...
Rosay, André B.
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Women exposed to intimate partner violence: a Foucauldian discourse analysis of South African emergency nurses’ perceptions [PDF]
Background: Emergency nurses’ understanding and interpretation of intimate partner violence influence the care they provide to women exposed to intimate partner violence.Objectives: The aim of this study was to uncover discourses that may help understand
van der Wath, Anna
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Background Intimate partner violence is a thoughtful public health concern and human rights violation towards pregnant women for it has a significant negative health effect on the life of both the mother and her fetus.
Z. N. Azene+2 more
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