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..To assess whether being physically abused during pregnancy increases the risk of a low birth weight (LBW) infant...

..We examined individual- and community-level influences on domestic violence in Uttar Pradesh, North India...

..Multi-sector approaches are needed to change prevailing attitudes towards violence against women...

..Last; "striving to make a difference," emphasizes a desire to improve abilities to support clients and advocate for prevention...

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..4; 95% CI 1.5, 4.0) and term low birthweight (aRR = 1.9; 95% CI 1.0, 3.4). Greater abuse frequency was associated with increased risk. Abuse during pregnancy was associated with perinatal deaths and preterm low birthweight deliveries...

..To assess the association between physical violence during the 12 months before delivery and maternal complications and birth outcomes...

..Primary preventive interventions should focus on improving the status of women and reducing norms of violence, poverty, and alcohol consumption...

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..This study was undertaken to assess the relationship between physical abuse during pregnancy and preterm delivery...

..This is reflective of the socio-economic disadvantages they face, as well as the cultural and religious restrictions imposed on these women...

..Understanding the relationship between violence, stress, and somatic syndromes will help in clarifying the consequences of violence exposure to long-term health and health-related quality of life...

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..A discussion of how the proposed theoretical framework may influence future IPV research and clinical practice is provided...

..This study explored professionals' and trusted community inhabitants' explanations of the violence between intimate partners and their suggestions for preventive activities. It was performed in a rural district in northern Vietnam...

..It is against this background that as a secondary objective, we set out to explore whether an association exists between intimate partner violence and illness in infants...

..This paper describes the development, design and implementation of a trial of mentor mother support set in primary care, including baseline characteristics of participating women...

..Whether intimate partner violence (IPV) screening reduces violence or improves health outcomes for women is unknown...

..Consistent with feminist theories of wife abuse, gender and attitudes toward women's roles emerged as the strongest predictors of beliefs about wife beating...

..Well-established risk factors for wife abuse, along with dowry and husband's monetary greed, have a relatively high prevalence in rural Bangladesh...

..Using burden of disease methodology, estimate the health risks of intimate partner violence (IPV) among women in Victoria, Australia...

..The findings provide compelling evidence of the potential risk factors for spousal physical violence, which in turn could help in planning interventions...

..To determine the prevalence of violence to pregnant women within 12 months prior to and during the current pregnancy...

..The relationship with country-level SEP was inconclusive. The findings underscore the need to implement public health prevention/intervention strategies not only at the level of individual SEP but also at the neighbourhood level...

..We examined the role of women's education and proximate educational context on intimate partner violence (IPV)...

..Differences in specific predictors between the countries demonstrate the significance of capitalizing on need-adapted interventions tailored to fit conditions in each country...

..Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been described as being associated with heterosexual transmission of HIV to women in India and elsewhere...

..An argument is made that if we want to understand partner violence, intervene effectively in individual cases, or make useful policy recommendations, we must make these distinctions in our research...

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..To examine the relationship of police-reported intimate partner violence during pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes...

..To explore the extent of intimate partner violence during pregnancy and its association with pregnancy intendedness and pregnancy-related behaviours among a representative sample of New Zealand women...

..The objective of this first population-based study in Hong Kong was to assess the impact of psychological abuse by an intimate partner on the mental health of pregnant women...

..We examined the effect of physical violence during pregnancy on perinatal and early-childhood mortality...

..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of exposure to intimate partner violence before, during, or after pregnancy on postpartum depression in a nationally representative sample of Canadian women...

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..Prospective studies can confirm findings and determine underlying mechanisms. Routine screening for traumatic stress and PTSD may reduce rates of miscarriage...

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..To describe the prevalence and correlates of physical abuse during the year of pregnancy and to explore the association between physical abuse and other risk factors for preterm birth...

..A conceptual model was presented to guide further needed research addressing direct and indirect mechanisms by which physical, sexual, and psychological IPV affects sexual health...

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..2% but there were limited data available on the factors involved. The aim of this study was to determine the factors associated with and prevalence of IPV among pregnant Rwandese women in the rural southern province of Kabutare...

..Thus, partner violence decreased after alcoholism treatment, and clinically significant violence reductions occurred for patients whose alcoholism was remitted after treatment...

..This will determine the true prevalence and pattern of domestic violence, and form a rational basis for the formulation of interventional strategies...

..As demonstrated here, the incorporation into social policy analyses of feminist thinking about dominance and power will enrich our understanding of the impact of social policy changes on people...

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..To provide an estimate of the risk of recent acute respiratory tract infection (ARI) and diarrhea among children 5 years and younger based on recent violence against their mothers...

..The prevalence and determinants of intimate partner violence (IPV) against pregnant women has not been described in Rwanda. A study was conducted to identify variables associated with IPV among Rwandan pregnant women...

..60, 95% CI: 1.42-14.80). Our findings conclude that patriarchal and traditional values, women's lack of financial autonomy, and low socioeconomic status are the risk factors for physical domestic violence...

..To determine the prevalence, types and correlates of intimate partner violence (IPV) in pregnant Nigerian living with HIV...

..The standard of care for abuse assessments may need to be expanded to include consideration of lifetime physical and sexual abuse experiences of pregnant and postpartum women...

..Previous research shows that the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) around the time of pregnancy varies from 4% to 9%, but no studies have distinguished between abuse rates by former versus current partners...

..To explore whether different forms of violence against women were associated with increased incidence rates of diarrhea and respiratory tract infections among infants...

..Healthcare providers, particularly those who care for pregnant women, are in a unique position to identify these women and direct them and their families to the help they need to end the violence in their lives...

..To determine the prevalence of life-time domestic violence by the current partner before HIV-1 testing, its impact on the uptake of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) interventions and frequency after testing...

..Wife abuse has been associated with a variety of health concerns. Associations between abuse and reproductive health in India are not well known...

..These four factors exhibited good internal reliability (Cronbach's alpha > 0.85) and the corrected item-total correlations were high (> 0.5). Evidence of criterion and construct validity is presented...

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..95 times, women who reported only current but no past violence were 4.81 times, and women who reported only past but no current violence were 3.01 times more likely to report psychological distress...

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..The current findings encourage attention to shame reactions in battered women and suggest new directions in the study of PTSD for other traumatized populations...

..g., isolation, social and economic control, and domestic servitude), awareness or support of IPV, and direct physical abuse. Domestic violence interventions with South Asian women must consider abuse from in-laws and IPV experiences...

..The results of the research show that women do not blame alcohol for their partner's violence; they hold the men, not their alcohol consumption, responsible for their actions...

..Previous published works are also tentatively grouped into the same themes to look for trends in the field. The most frequent reason why victims oppose prosecution is that the crime is too minor to justify a penalty...

..Research has focused on partner violence among women with children on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), ignoring low-income women without dependent children who are eligible for General Assistance (GA)...

..Additional results are also discussed. Results may be used to help enhance efforts to reduce the rates of intimate partner violence among African-Americans...

..These results suggest that situational couple violence is rare and that moderate and high levels of controlling behaviors are associated primarily with partner factors...

..They offer suggestions regarding clinical practice and research to further develop appropriate interventions incorporating this construct...

..Research on VAW, however, has largely been limited to convenience samples and on variable definitions of violence, hindering our ability to fully characterize this important problem nationally and among subgroups of women...

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..These findings suggest that the victim-offender relationship is important when considering the impact of sexual assault. Specifically, sexual assault perpetrated by an intimate partner may be especially traumatic...

..Group difference tests reinforced the findings and aided in group profile interpretations. Implications for the development of tailored resistance and empowerment programs are discussed...

..Findings suggested that IPV-related injuries may be connected to the IPV, IPV-related blame, and may have implications for victims' self-identity and perceived potential for future relationships...

..Future research that augments current stress models of addiction by considering social and structural factors that come into play in women's substance use and domestic violence is suggested. The study's limitations are noted...

..There was a significant interaction of women's alcohol and drug use with the severity of sexual assault...

..These women are also less educated and poorer and use more health services than the U.S. population. Mental health conditions must be identified in shelters to improve functioning and facilitate independence from abusers...

..The importance of crisis centers in Russia is highlighted by the study, as the women who turn to them are likely to have experienced more severe forms of violence...

..Results suggested that rates of violence in cohabiting and marital unions should eventually converge...

..This study examines links between women's experiences of violence during adulthood (including physical and sexual violence) and women's physical health, mental health, and functional status...

..Sexual violence was generally not associated with psychological functioning. The different types of intimate partner violence were not related to participants' self-esteem. Implications for interventions with Latina women are discussed...

..These findings from a large, randomly generated data set further refine our understanding of the risk profile for IPV in the developed world...

..The high prevalence of violence demonstrates the need for intervention in this population; the correlates show that effective interventions must address the complex issues in these women's lives...

..The findings highlight the utility of holistic, multivariate analyses for understanding women's sexual assault responses and help inform tailored resistance and empowerment trainings...

..The present findings suggest the need for screening for intimate partner violence and associated risk factors in settings that serve Latina women...

..A social environment of silence, male power, and economic constraints enabled abuse to continue. "Breaking the silence" and women's empowerment were suggested solutions...

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..The evidence suggests that husband and wives may differ in their methods of control but not their motivation to control...

..Findings suggest that victimization rates have remained consistent since the 1990s. These findings suggest that a continued effort toward primary prevention of sexual violence, particularly rape of children and adolescents, is needed...

..6). These findings highlight the deleterious effect of paternal physical violence on subsequent IPV and contribute to the development of empirically based and considered ways to approach these complex phenomena...

..Implications for policy are discussed...

..The informants stressed that adapted education for women with disabilities would allow them to become more economically independent and be better able to refuse the advances of unserious suitors...

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..In addition, this study identifies high-risk populations to target for education and intervention programs and demonstrates the need for improved IPV surveillance...

..It concludes with a discussion of the current controversies and future directions for survey research of IPV in the U.S. general population...

..We conclude that most if not all of these concerns apply to cases of on going domestic violence--cases specifically excluded from the RESTORE program--rather than to cases of acquaintance sexual assault or nonpenetration sex offenses...

..Logistic regression analysis revealed that there were statistically significant independent associations between threats, partner jealousy, and former partner drug abuse and stalking violence...

..To analyze the relationship among fear of being abused, direct experience of physical and sexual abuse, and severe depressive symptoms among young women...

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..Assistance with housing, child care, and job searches is integral to safe transitions out of abusive relationships...

..Findings from the extended follow-up of the Growing up with Media study will provide insight into the etiology of sexual violence perpetration as youth transition from adolescence into adulthood. ..

..Findings from the extended follow-up of the Growing up with Media study will provide insight into the etiology of sexual violence perpetration as youth transition from adolescence into adulthood. ..

..In addition, Spouse Abuse Registry Data have recently been added to the TAIHOD, which include information on victims and perpetrators as ..

..Trends analyses covering the period under focus and contrasting Whites, Blacks and Hispanics have not been reported yet in the alcohol literature. ..

..collecting data from both couple members. ..

..This comparison will be vital to determining whether the risk and protective factors identified are relevant to present interventions for men who batter their female partners. ..

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..Trends analyses covering the period under focus and contrasting Whites, Blacks and Hispanics have not been reported yet in the alcohol literature. ..

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..These data will be synthesized to create recommendations for family and clinic-based intervention programs, and will be broadly disseminated in the form of reports for Indian practitioners, researchers and policymakers. ..

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..Results from this study will fill a major gap in epidemiology among U.S. Hispanics, and will have implications for the development of prevention interventions. ..

..This enhanced understanding may in turn lead to the improved efficacy of interventions for perpetrators and victims of abuse. ..

..Long shore from the University of California at Los Angeles, Dr. Sharp from St. Luke's Hospital in New York City, and Dr. Fals-Stewart from the Research Institute on Addictions at the University of Buffalo. ..

..This project will provide the necessary training, experience, and preliminary data for a R01 proposal to conduct a randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of an abuse-sensitive depression care model. ..

..The findings will contribute significantly to the field of HIV/STI risk reduction by developing and testing an intervention with African American couples that can be offered to HIV clinics and CBOs. ..

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..However, consistent with a secondary prevention approach (National Advisory Mental Health Council Workgroup on Mental Disorders Prevention Research, 1998), participants will be excluded on the basis of histories of IPA. ..

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..There is a race to develop and implement effective HIV preventive interventions for IDUs and their sexual partners to stem the spread of HIV, HCV and other STIs in Shu and other Central Asian towns along drug trafficking routes. ..

..Data from the proposed study will help inform assessment, treatment and referral protocols to reduce partner violence and HIV-risk behaviors among men and women in MMTPs. ..

..The findings will contribute significantly to an understanding of HIV/STD risk reduction among African American serodiscordant couples, a population at high risk of transmission. ..

..All these Centers have been collaborating on HIV, trauma/PTSD, and/or health disparities research and have designed mechanisms of collaborations that would serve vehicles of training of the REM new investigators. ..

..The SWRD Program will be directed by Dr. Nabila El-Bassel and co-directed by Drs. Steven Schinke and Mary McKay, all CUSSW faculty with strong programs of federally funded research related to substance abuse and HIV. ..

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