Furthermore, not asking women about exposure to violence during certain diagnostic
assessments (eg, investigation of chronic pain) may lead to misdiagnosis and a path of …

Context Intimate partner violence is prevalent and is associated with significant impairment,
yet it remains unclear which interventions, if any, reduce rates of abuse and reabuse …

Written with practitioners in mind, this report funded by the US Department of Justice,
National Institute of Justice, attempts to correct a deficiency toward increasing practitioners' …

Violence is pervasive in American society, which is one of the most violent societies in the
industrialized world. Much public attention is focused on conventional crime assaults by …

In June 1999, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held a conference,
entitled “Violence and Reproductive Health: Science, Prevention, and Action.” Among the …

Although in the past three decades there has been a steady increase in research on
violence against women, the proliferation of this body of literature can be overwhelmingly …

Violence against women (VAW) is increasingly recognized internationally as one of the
“most pervasive violations of [women's] human rights,” 1 and as a major public health …

The best mechanisms to prevent violence against women were reviewed in a critical
appraisal conducted by the University Health Network Women's Health Program. Several …

IN 2002, THE University of Kentucky Center for Research on Violence Against Women was
created and undertook as part of its mission contributing to the national research agenda on …

Thirty years ago only two scholarly articles had been published on what was then referred to
as “wife battering.” 1, 2 The Washington, DC, police department employed an informal “stitch …