BACKGROUND: Violence during pregnancy is a health and social problem that poses
particular risks to the woman and her fetus. To address the lack of Canadian information on …

Pregnancy is considered by some to be a time of increased risk for domestic abuse.
Investigators in the United States recently have found prevalence rates of abuse in …

Objectives: From self-reports we describe and compare the levels and patterns of physical
abuse before and during pregnancy while also describing the demographic and pregnancy …

Screening interviews to determine the extent of physical abuse were conducted for 742
women seen in the University of Virginia obstetric clinics. Eighty-one women (10.9%) …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether women with a history of physical abuse during
pregnancy have an increased incidence of physical abuse in the 3 months after delivery …

OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to assess the relationship between physical abuse
during pregnancy and preterm delivery. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a hospital-based …

We report on the occurrence of verbal abuse and physical violence during pregnancy for
358 low-income women. Overall, 65% of the women in our study experienced either verbal …

The publication of the Ballard et al.'article on measurement issues related to violence during
pregnancy in the Journal signals the arrival of a second generation of research related to …

OBSTETRICS8, Page 1 OBSTETRICS8, CYNECC)l September 1994 Volume 84 Number 3
Abuse During Pregnancy: Effects on Maternal Complications and Birth Weight in Adult and …

Objective: 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 …