background: millions of men and women suffer from infertility worldwide.in many cultures, infertile women are at risk of social and emotional problems.infertility may affect the public health in many countries. domestic violence is the intentional use of physical force, power or threat against oneself, another person or another group or community whichleadstoinjury,death,mentalharm, lackofdevel...

This study used meta-analysis to examine the relationship between childhood exposure to domestic violence and children’s internalizing, externalizing, and trauma symptoms. Results from 60 reviewed studies revealed mean weighted effect size d-­values of .48 and .47 for the relationship between exposure to domestic violence and childhood internaliz-­ ing and externalizing symptoms, respectively, ...

This study replicates and extends an earlier work conducted by the Southwestern Law Enforcement Institute. It addresses the serious problem of domestic violence by police officers in three areas: determining the extent of the problem, deriving solutions acceptable to police culture, and establishing a research agenda for future efforts. The study took place in seven agencies located in the Sout...

Despite domestic violence being a very common problem in individuals with severe mental illness, there is very little research in this setting. Multiple barriers exist to disclosure by users and enquiry by providers. Training and systems for identification and responding to domestic violence are urgently needed in mental health clinics.

This qualitative study examined U.S. legal cases where battered mothers living abroad fled with their children to the United States. These women subsequently faced child abduction lawsuits brought by their batterer. The cases are governed by the Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the Hague Convention) which was ratified by the U.S. in 1988. Using content analysis, the...

This article analyses the recent jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights on the issue of domestic violence, with a particular focus on Valiuliene v Lithuania. It seems that to date the Court’s jurisprudence on this issue is somewhat inconsistent, and with Valiuliene v Lithuania the Court was given an opportunity to clarify its approach in this area. There are certainly a number of p...

PURPOSE To determine whether participation in an intensive domestic violence interclerkship (DVI) improved the knowledge, attitudes, and skills of two successive cohorts of students at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. METHOD The authors measured the knowledge, attitudes, and skills pertaining to domestic violence of third-year students in the classes of 1997 and 1998 using a va...

OBJECTIVE When workers experience domestic violence (DV) at home, impacts are felt in the workplace; however, little research is available on this topic. METHODS We conducted an online survey regarding the impacts of DV at work. RESULTS A total of 8429 people completed the survey. More than a third of respondents reported experiencing DV; among them, more than a third reported that DV affec...