Global WHO survey: poor physical and mental health more prevalent among women who have experienced intimate partner violence

Global WHO survey: poor physical and mental health more prevalent among women who have experienced intimate partner violence.

ED FROM Ellsberg M, Jansen H, Heise L, et al. Intimate partner violence and women’s physical and mental health in the WHO multicountry study on women’s health and domestic violence: an observational study. Lancet 2008;371:1165–72. Correspondence to: Dr C Garcia-Moreno, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27-CH, Switzerland; [email protected] Sou...

Women who have experienced intimate partner violence. Editor's introduction.

Male reproductive control of women who have experienced intimate partner violence in the United States.

Women who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) are consistently found to have poor sexual and reproductive health when compared to non-abused women, but the mechanisms through which such associations occur are inadequately defined. Through face-to-face, semi-structured in-depth interviews, we gathered full reproductive histories of 71 women aged 18-49 with a history of IPV recruited...

Psychological Abuse as a Predictor of Trauma in Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence

Establishing stability: exploring the meaning of ‘home’ for women who have experienced intimate partner violence

There is evidence that involuntary housing instability may undermine health and well-being. For women who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV), achieving stability is likely as important for other groups, but can be challenging. Through our analysis of 41 interviews with women who have experienced low income and IPV, we argue that definitions of housing stability are multifaceted an...