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Screening for Intimate Partner Violence [PDF]

Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 2016
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious concern for women that is associated with significant adverse health effects. Routine screening for IPV is recommended, but there are many barriers to screening that have been identified by providers, including discomfort, lack of training, and not knowing how to respond to a positive screen.
Paterno, Mary T, Draughon, Jessica E
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Intimate partner violence against HIV-positive Cameroonian women: Prevalence, associated factors and relationship with antiretroviral therapy discontinuity—results from the ANRS-12288 EVOLCam survey

Women's Health, 2019
Background: Intimate partner violence in its various forms increases HIV exposure in female victims and potentially jeopardizes the HIV treatment cascade, for instance, by impeding engagement in and adherence to care.
Marion Fiorentino, Luis Sagaon-Teyssier, Khadim Ndiaye, Marie Suzan-Monti, Marie-Thérèse Mengue, Laurent Vidal, Christopher Kuaban, Laura March, Christian Laurent, Bruno Spire, Sylvie Boyer,   +11 more
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Perinatal Intimate Partner Violence [PDF]

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America, 2018
This article reviews the prevalence and outcomes of perinatal intimate partner violence (IPV). Reported rates of perinatal IPV range from 3.7% to 9.0%. Perinatal IPV is associated with a multitude of mental and obstetric health outcomes that affect the mother and child.
Christine K, Hahn, Amanda K, Gilmore, Rosaura Orengo, Aguayo, Alyssa A, Rheingold   +3 more
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Qualitative exploration of cognition in intimate partner violence offenders and intimate partner violence sex offenders research portfolio [PDF]

, 2013
Aims: Recently, empirical literature exploring cognitive characteristics of intimate partner violence offenders has received considerable attention with both theory and practice historically focusing on victims of the abuse. Qualitative exploration has
Weldon, Sarah Elizabeth
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Prevalence of intimate partner violence in Spain: A national cross-sectional survey in primary care

Atención Primaria, 2017
Objectives: (1) To analyze the prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence by types. (2) To examine the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and Intimate Partner Violence. Design: Cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire.
Isabel Ruiz-Pérez, Vicenta Escribà-Agüir, Isabel Montero-Piñar, Carmen Vives-Cases, Miguel Rodríguez-Barranco, Juncal Plazaola-Castaño, Esther Jiménez-Gutiérrez, Mercè Fuentes-Pujol, Izabella Rohlfs-Barbosa, Pilar Blanco-Prieto, Diana Gil-González, Julia Ojuel-Solsona, Consuelo Ruiz-Jarabo Quemada, Raquel Millán-Susinos, Laura García-Miranda, Carmen Mosquera-Tenreiro   +15 more
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Ending violence against women: Help-seeking behaviour of women exposed to intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa.

PLoS ONE, 2023
IntroductionIntimate partner violence is a serious public health problem that transcends cultural boundaries in sub-Saharan Africa. Studies have reported that violence characteristics and perception are strong predictors of help-seeking among women.
Richard Gyan Aboagye, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Abdul Cadri, Tarif Salihu, Francis Arthur-Holmes, Sarah Tara Sam, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah   +6 more
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Intimate partner violence and HIV testing during antenatal care: A latent class analysis to identify risk factors for HIV infection in mothers and their children in the United Republic of Tanzania.

PLOS Global Public Health, 2022
Intimate partner violence has adverse effects on mother's overall health and prevention of mother to child HIV transmission. To identify and examine subgroups of mothers experiencing intimate partner violence and the likelihood of HIV testing during ...
Francisco A Montiel Ishino, Claire Rowan, Joel Seme Ambikile, Donaldson F Conserve, Diana Lopez, Melanie Sabado-Liwag, Faustine Williams   +6 more
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COVID-19-induced surge in the severity of gender-based violence might increase the risk for acquired brain injuries

SAGE Open Medicine, 2021
While initial reports have emphasized a global rise in the frequency of intimate partner violence following COVID-19, emerging data are now showing a concerning surge in the severity of COVID-19-induced physical intimate partner violence. One of the most
Ghazala T Saleem, Jessica M Fitzpatrick, Mohammad N Haider, Eve M Valera   +3 more
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Exploring the determinants and outcomes of intimate partner violence during pregnancy for Guyanese women: Results from a nationally representative cross-sectional household survey

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021
Objective. To determine predictors associated with physical violence during pregnancy, and to determine the relationship between exposure to intimate partner violence during pregnancy and women’s health and suicide ideation in Guyana. Methods.
Lior Miller, Manuel Contreras-Urbina
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Perpetrators of intimate femicide : a study of forensic records [PDF]

, 2006
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-96).Intimate femicide is prevalent in South Africa, and represents the lethal end of a continuum of male perpetrated intimate partner violence.
Mayer, Victoria
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