Domestic Violence - Statistics & numerical data
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Fathers, physical child abuse, and neglect: advancing the knowledge base.

30 Jul 2009 Fathers are overrepresented as perpetrators of physical child maltreatment, particularly in its most severe forms. Despite this, the research literature continues to lack specificity regarding the role fathers play in risk for physical child abuse ... Read more...

Adult intimate partner violence perpetrators are significantly more likely to have witnessed intimate partner violence as a child than nonperpetrators.

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: In a previous study, no association was found between intimate partner violence (IPV) victims and being an adult who witnessed IPV as a child (ACW). OBJECTIVE: The objective of the present study was to determine whether perpetrators of ... Read more...

Care provided in visits coded for intimate partner violence in a national survey of emergency departments.

29 Jun 2009 PURPOSE: This article describes the health status of and care provided to patients in visits coded to intimate partner violence (IPV) victims in a national survey of emergency departments (EDs). Visits coded for IPV were defined by International ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Domestic Violence - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The family is (still) the patient. 30 Jul 2009
• Fathers, physical child abuse, and neglect: advancing the knowledge base. 30 Jul 2009
• Adult intimate partner violence perpetrators are significantly more likely to have witnessed intimate partner violence as a child than nonperpetrators. 29 Jun 2009
• Care provided in visits coded for intimate partner violence in a national survey of emergency departments. 29 Jun 2009
• War trauma, child labor, and family violence: life adversities and PTSD in a sample of school children in Kabul. 30 May 2009
• Mental health problems of men attending district-level clinical psychology services in South Africa. 30 May 2009
• Obstetric outcome in pregnant women subjected to domestic violence. 30 May 2009
• [Woman abuse: contributions and shortcomings of the information system] 30 May 2009
• Intimate partner violence among economically disadvantaged young adult women: associations with adolescent risk-taking and pregnancy experiences. 30 May 2009
• [Factors for sexual abuse during childhood and adolescence in students of Morelos, Mexico] 30 May 2009
• The good, the bad, and the ugly: domestic violence survivors' experiences with their informal social networks. 30 May 2009
• Child sexual abuse in southern Brazil and associated factors: a population-based study. 9 May 2009
• Domestic violence against women in eastern India: a population-based study on prevalence and related issues. 7 May 2009
• Post-traumatic stress disorder in migraine: further comments. 29 Apr 2009
• [Domestic violence: a bibliographic and bibliometric review] 29 Apr 2009
• Finnish sexual homicides: offence and offender characteristics. 26 Apr 2009
• Quantitative analysis of victim demographics and injury characteristics at a metropolitan Medico-Legal Center. 23 Apr 2009
• Abuse-related injury and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder as mechanisms of chronic pain in survivors of intimate partner violence. 20 Apr 2009
• Adverse childhood experiences and adult health. 7 Apr 2009
• Short-term outcomes of mothers and newborn infants with comorbid psychiatric disorders and drug dependency. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Domestic Violence'

Definition: Deliberate, often repetitive, physical abuse by one family member against another: marital partners, parents, children, siblings, or any other member of a household.

Descriptor UI: D017579

Alternative terms: Domestic Violence; Violence, Domestic; Family Violence; Violence, Family;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I01.198.240.856.350; I01.880.735.900.350;

History Note: 94

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics