OBJECTIVE Victimization by and perpetration of domestic violence are associated with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders. METHODS This study used data from the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services to examine differences in organizational factors, treatment approaches offered, and client-level factors among 13,342 substance abuse treatment facilities by whether or ...

This study investigated the exposure of jaguar populations and domestic animals to smooth Brucella, Leptospira spp. and Toxoplasma gondii in the Cerrado, Pantanal and Amazon biomes of Brazil. Between February 2000 and January 2010, serum samples from 31 jaguars (Panthera onca), 1,245 cattle (Bos taurus), 168 domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) and 29 domestic cats (Felis catus) were collecte...

BACKGROUND Experience of domestic violence has negative mental health consequences for women. The association of cumulative and specific forms of domestic violence, particularly emotional violence and controlling behavior, with common mental disorders and stress has rarely been studied in pregnant women. The aim of this study is to evaluate associations of specific and multiple forms of lifetim...

background and aim: many women are abused by their intimate partners before and during pregnancy. although, domestic violence during pregnancy has serious consequences for women’s health, little is known about how domestic violence may change throughout pregnancy transitions. research shows that three types of partner violence can have different consequences for women’s health and well-being . ...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Domestic violence Children Externalizing behavior problems Internalizing behavior problems Poverty status Marital status Using four waves across 5 years of a recent longitudinal dataset, this study examined whether the effects of domestic violence at Year 1 on children's behavior problems at Year 5 differed by poverty and marital status. Findings from multiple-gr...

Ever since the appearance of Vanek's pioneering article in 1974, there has been a controversy about whether 'labour saving' domestic appliances actually save labour time. Vanek argued that time spent in housework had barely changed since 1926, despite the diffusion of practically every known domestic appliance over this period. Gershuny and Robinson challenge Vanek's 'constancy of housework' th...

AIM To assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of primary health care providers regarding the identification and management of domestic violence in a hospital based primary health care setting. METHOD A survey of all clinicians and nursing staff of the outpatient, casualty and antenatal clinics in University Malaya Medical Centre using a self-administered questionnaire. RESULTS Hundre...

Animal abuse and domestic violence are linked issues, and pet ownership is reported to play a crucial role in the choice to leave an abusive situation. Although veterinarians witness the effects of abuse and violence over the course of their careers, they have limited training regarding these issues. One mechanism for educating veterinary students while providing a service for victims of domest...

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of country-of-origin image, consumer ethnocentrism and animosity on the purchase of domestic and foreign products in China. AMOS software was used to analyze the data from the questionnaire survey. The results indicate that the effects of consumer ethnocentrism are significant in the case of domestic and foreign products in China, and the hypo...