Intimate partner violence incidence and continuation in a primary care screening program

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作者
Coker, Ann L.
Flerx, Vicki C.
Smith, Paige H.
Whitaker, Daniel J.
Fadden, Mary Kay
Williams, Melinda
机构
[1] Univ Texas, Sch Publ Hlth, Hlth Sci Ctr, Houston, TX 77225 USA
[2] Univ So Calif, Inst Families Soc, Columbia, SC USA
[3] Univ N Carolina, Ctr Womens Hlth & Wellness, Greensboro, NC 27412 USA
[4] Natl Ctr Injury Prevent & Control, Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Div Violent Prevent, Atlanta, GA USA
[5] Univ Texas, Houston Sch Publ Hlth, Brownsville, TX USA
关键词
crisis intervention; domestic violence; mass screening; women; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; MISSED OPPORTUNITIES; PREVALENCE; ABUSE; FREQUENCY; FAMILY; WOMEN;
D O I
10.1093/aje/kwk074
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
There are few longitudinal estimates of intimate partner violence (IPV) incidence and continuation. This report provides estimates of IPV incidence and continuation in women receiving health care in clinics participating in an IPV assessment and services intervention study. The Women's Experience with Battering Scale was used in combination with questions addressing physical and sexual assault to annually screen women for IPV. Between April 2002 and August 2005, 657 women in rural South Carolina consented and were screened at least twice. Among those with a current partner (n = 530), the majority (86.2%) had never experienced IPV. Among prevalent victims, IPV continued over time for 37%. IPV continuation rates were higher among older women and those who considered abuse as a problem in their relationship. Of those women who were IPV negative at time 1, IPV incidence at time 2 was 4.2%. A higher score on the Women's Experience with Battering Scale at time 1, a marker of psychological abuse, was a strong predictor of physical IPV incidence (p(trend) = 0.0001). These data suggest that the incidence of IPV over a short follow-up period is relatively low and that the majority of IPV desists over this short follow-up period.
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