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Regional
                                
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Good Women, Martyrs, and Survivors: A Theoretical Framework for South Asian Women's Responses to
Partner Violence.
Pinnewala P.
Violence Against Women. 2008 Nov 17
 Abstract

Neglected issues and voices.
Pittaway E, Bartolomei L, Rees S. 
Asia Pac J Public Health. 2007;19 Spec No:6
 Abstract
 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
 
Violence against South Asian women and girls: A lifetime spiral of gender violence
A Sharma 
(132 APHA)
Abstract
 
Women Violence and HIV/AIDS in Asia Pacific Region
P K Priyakamon Khan, M I Khan, A A R Khan
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Bangladesh
                                
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Spousal violence against women and suicidal ideation in bangladesh.
Naved RT, Akhtar N.
Womens Health Issues. 2008 Nov-Dec;18(6):442-52.
 Abstract
 
Women's acceptance of intimate partner violence within marriage in rural Bangladesh.
Schuler SR, Islam F.
Stud Fam Plann. 2008 Mar;39(1):49-58.
 Abstract

Women's Rights, Domestic Violence, and Recourse Seeking in Rural Bangladesh.
Schuler SR, Bates LM, Islam F. 
Violence Against Women. 2008 Mar;14(3):326-45.
 Abstract

Intimate partner violence and sexually transmitted disease symptoms in a national sample of
married Bangladeshi women.
Decker MR, Miller E, Kapur NA, et al 
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2007 Sep 27
 Abstract

Violence against Wives, Sexual Risk and Sexually- Transmitted Infection among
Bangladeshi Men.
Silverman J, Decker MR, Kapur NA, et al
Sex Transm Infect. 2007 Feb 14;
 Abstract
 
  Spousal Abuse Against Women and Its Consequences on Reproductive Health: A Study in the
Urban Slums in Bangladesh.
Salam MA, Alim MA, Noguchi T. 
Matern Child Health J. 2005 Dec 13;:1-12
Abstract
 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
 
Factors associated with physical violence against pregnant women in Bangladesh
RT Naved
 Abstract
 
Condoning of gender-based violence in rural Bangladesh
SR Schuler, F Islam, LM Bates
 Abstract
 
Sexual violence against women domestic workers in Bangladesh in the epoch of HIV and AIDS:
 commonness, correlates, causes and consequences
Haque A.R.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Individual, family and community-level responses to domestic violence in rural Bangladesh
SR Schuler
(134 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Violence of trafficking for prostitution & girls who are living with HIV / AIDS
S Basu, I Sinha
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Cambodia
                                
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Reproductive health and domestic violence: are the poorest women uniquely disadvantaged?
Kishor S, Johnson K.
Demography. 2006 May;43(2):293-307.
 Abstract
 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
 
Improving service utilization of Cambodian immigrant battered women: A peer assistance
approach
MR Yoshioka
 Abstract
 
AIDS, alcohol and violence against women: strategies for reducing workplace health risks  to
Cambodian beer-selling women
Schuster J., Ganapathi S., Pagnutti T., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Gang rape in Phnom Penh
S Tong, L S Bearup
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Challenging the impact of gang rape of sex workers in Phnom Penh
L Phai
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
China
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
1700 Victims of intimate partner violence: characteristics and clinical outcomes.
Lau CL, Ching WM, Tong WL, et al
Hong Kong Med J. 2008 Dec;14(6):451-7.
 Abstract
 
Sexual Violence Against Women and Children in Chinese Societies.
Chan KL
Trauma Violence Abuse. 2008 Nov 13.
Abstract
 
Understanding violence against chinese women in Hong Kong: an analysis of risk factors with a special
emphasis on the role of in-law conflict.
Ko Ling Chan , Brownridge DA, Tiwari A, et al 
Violence Against Women. 2008 Nov;14(11):1295-312.
 Abstract
 
Correlates of In-Law Conflict and Intimate Partner Violence Against Chinese Pregnant Women in
Hong Kong.
Chan KL, Tiwari A, Fong DY, et al
 J Interpers Violence. 2008 Mar 31
 Abstract
 
Prevalence and characteristics of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in female
prisoners in China.
Huang G, Zhang Y, Momartin S, Cao Y, Zhao L.
Compr Psychiatry. 2006 Jan-Feb;47(1):20-9.
 Abstract
 
Domestic violence against women seeking induced abortion in China.
Wu J, Guo S, Qu C.
Contraception. 2005 Aug;72(2):117-21.
 Abstract
 
A randomised controlled trial of empowerment training for Chinese abused pregnant
women in Hong Kong.
Tiwari A, Leung WC, Leung TW, et al
BJOG. 2005 Sep;112(9):1249-56.
 Abstract
 
Does pregnancy provide immunity from intimate partner abuse among Hong
Kong Chinese women?
Lau Y. 
Soc Sci Med. 2005 Jul;61(2):365-77.
 Abstract

A comparison of the prevalence of domestic violence between  patients seeking termination
of pregnancy  and other general gynecology patients.
Leung TW, Leung WC, Chan PL, Ho PC
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2002 Apr;77(1):47-54
 Abstract

  

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 

 
Migration and trafficking of North Korean women in China: Results from a survey of 101 women
WC Robinson,  H Brahmbhatt, J Park
 (134 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Linking efforts to prevent gender-based violence and HIV: Lessons learned from implementation
of a pilot project in China, India, Thailand and Vietnam
S Gruskin, S Ahmed, L Ferguson
 (134 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Using the nexus of sexuality, health and human rights: linking efforts to prevent gender- based
violence and HIV in China, India, Thailand and Vietnam
Gruskin S., Ahmed S., Ferguson L., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
East Timor
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  A Determination of the Prevalence of Gender-based Violence among Conflict-affected
 Populations in East Timor.
Hynes M, Robertson K, Ward J, Crouse C.
Disasters. 2004 Sep;28(3):294-321.
 Abstract
India
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Challenging assumptions about women's empowerment: social and economic resources and domestic
 violence among young married women in urban South India.
Rocca CH, Rathod S, Falle T,et al
 Int J Epidemiol. 2008 Oct 24.
 Abstract
 
The effect of spousal violence on women's health: Findings from the Stree Arogya Shodh in Goa, India.
Chowdhary N, Patel V. 
J Postgrad Med. 2008 Oct-Dec;54(4):306-12
 
Domestic violence and contraceptive use in a rural Indian village.
Wilson-Williams L, Stephenson R, Juvekar S, Andes K.  
Violence Against Women. 2008 Oct;14(10):1181-98.
 Abstract
 
Intimate partner violence and HIV infection among married Indian women.
Silverman JG, Decker MR, Saggurti N, et al  
JAMA. 2008 Aug 13;300(6):703-10.
Abstract
 
Domestic Violence and Chronic Malnutrition among Women and Children in India.
Ackerson LK, Subramanian SV. 
Am J Epidemiol. 2008 Mar 26
Abstract
 
Effects of Individual and Proximate Educational Context on Intimate Partner Violence:
A Population-Based Study of Women in India.
Ackerson LK, Kawachi I, Barbeau EM, Subramanian SV.
Am J Public Health. 2008 Jan 30 [
 Abstract
 
Intimate partner violence is as important as client violence in increasing street-based
female sex workers' vulnerability to HIV in India.
Panchanadeswaran S, Johnson SC, Sivaram S, et al  
Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Jan 8
Abstract
 
Spousal sexual violence and poverty are risk factors for sexually transmitted infections in women:
a longitudinal study of women in Goa, India.
Weiss HA, Patel V, West B  
Sex Transm Infect. 2007 Oct 17;
 Abstract
 
Experiences of sexual harassment of women health workers in four hospitals in Kolkata, India.
Chaudhuri P. 
Reprod Health Matters. 2007 Nov;15(30):221-9
 Abstract
 
Violence against Women, Symptom Reporting, and Treatment for Reproductive Tract Infections
in Kerala State, Southern India.
Sudha S, Morrison S, Zhu L.
Health Care Women Int. 2007 Mar;28(3):268-84.
 Abstract
 
FULL TEXT ARTICLE
 Domestic violence and symptoms of gynecologic morbidity among women in north India.
Stephenson R, Koenig MA, Ahmed S.
Int Fam Plan Perspect. 2006 Dec;32(4):201-8.
Paper
 
Women's empowerment and domestic violence: the role of sociocultural determinants in
maternal and child undernutrition in tribal and rural communities in South India.
Sethuraman K, Lansdown R, Sullivan K.  
Food Nutr Bull. 2006 Jun;27(2):128-43.
 Abstract
 
Dowry and Its Link to Violence Against Women in India: Feminist Psychological Perspectives.
Rastogi M, Therly P. 
Trauma Violence Abuse. 2006 Jan;7(1):66-77.
Abstract
 
Sexual coercion and abuse among women with a severe mental illness in India: An
exploratory investigation.
Chandra PS, Carey MP, Carey KB, et al.
Compr Psychiatry 2003 May-Jun;44(3):205-12
 Abstract

Domestic violence across generations: findings from northern India.
Martin SL, Moracco KE, Garro J, et al
 Int J Epidemiol 2002 Jun;31(3):560-572
 Abstract
 

  
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
 
Smoking and domestic violence: A population-based study of Indian women
LK Ackerson, I Kawachi,  E Barbeau, SV Subramanian
 (134 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Examining domestic violence in Mumbai : Causes, barriers to reporting and mitigation
S Chattopadhyay
 (134 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Linking gender-based violence and HIV prevention efforts: initial lessons from implementation of a
pilot project in China, India, Thailand and Vietnam
 S Gruskin, S Ahmed, L Ferguson
 (134 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Using the nexus of sexuality, health and human rights: linking efforts to prevent gender-based
violence and HIV in China, India, Thailand and Vietnam
Gruskin S., Ahmed S., Ferguson L., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Community based interventions for addressing violence against women and HIV/AIDS
Kalia A., Bajaj D., Mann S. et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
HIV/AIDS and gender-based violence: linking the response at programmatic level in India
Sodhi G., Das M., Bhatia G., et al
 XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Community based counseling centers to address domestic violence & HIV - initial findings  from a
pilot - Chennai, India
Sethulakshmi C.J., A.K.Srikrishnan, A.K.Ganesh, et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 

Gender identity, risky sexual behavior and violence against women: Exploring relationships.
 among Indian youth.
S S Khandekar, R K Verma, V S Mahendra,  et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract

Violence of trafficking for prostitution & girls who are living with HIV / AIDS
S Basu, I Sinha
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Partner violence and HIV sexual risk behaviors among alcohol users in India
S Panchanadeswaran, S Johnson, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Domestic violence & HIV-findings from a pilot study in Chennai, India
C J Sethulakshmi, A K Srikrishnan
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Sexual violence and HIV in India: Promoting support services and post exposure prophylaxis
as a public health strategy
L Menghaney
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Towards combating violence
Robert Wilson
(15IAC)
Abstract
 
Marital violence in India: women’s heightened vulnerability to HIV/AIDS
V F Go, C J Sethulakshmi, M E Bentley, et al
(14IAC)
Abstract
Japan
                                
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
The Role of Emotional Abuse in Intimate Partner Violence and Health Among Women in
Yokohama, Japan.
Yoshihama M, Horrocks J, Kamano S.  
Am J Public Health. 2008 Aug 13
 Abstract
 
Development of an evidence-based domestic violence guideline: Supporting perinatal women-
centred care in Japan.
Horiuchi S, Yaju Y, Kataoka Y, et al
Midwifery. 2007 Mar 29;
 Abstract
 
Exploring the health care needs of women in abusive relationships in Japan.
Nemoto K, Rodriguez R, Valhmu LM.
Health Care Women Int. 2006 Apr;27(4):290-306.
 Abstract

A case of drug-facilitated sexual assault by the use of flunitrazepam.
Ohshima T.
J Clin Forensic Med. 2005 Aug 5;
Abstract
Kazakhstan
                                
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
 
Do perceptions regarding domestic violence influence sexual behavior in Kazakhstan?
AM Dude
 (133 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Korea
                                
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Abused South Korean Women: A Comparison of Those Who Do and Those Who
Do Not Resort to Lethal Violence.
Kim B, Titterington VB  
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2008 Jan 22
Abstract

Construct validity of the Korean Women's Abuse Intolerance Scale.
Choi M, Phillips LR, Figueredo AJ, Insel K, Min SK. 
Nurs Res. 2008 Jan-Feb;57(1):40-50.
 Abstract
Kyrgyzstan
                                
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
 
Role of reproductive health care providers in responding to domestic violence during the
period of pregnancy in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia
AA Ahart
 (133 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Nepal
                                
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
 
Exploring family and intimate partner violence and sex trafficking among Nepali women and
 girls rescued from sex work
J Gupta,  MR Decker, A Raj, JG Silverman
Abstract
 
Sri Lanka
                                
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
"Violence Is an International Language": Tamil Women's Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence.
Mason R, Hyman I, Berman H, et al
Violence Against Women. 2008 Dec;14(12):1397-412.
 Abstract
 
Thailand
                                
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
 
Incidence of HIV infection of sexual assault in Bangkok, Thailand
Vitavasiri C, Phayanoi C, Narkchum K, et al 
(4th IAS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Linking efforts to prevent gender-based violence and HIV: Lessons learned from implementation
of a pilot project in China, India, Thailand and Vietnam
S Gruskin, S Ahmed, L Ferguson
 (134 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Using the nexus of sexuality, health and human rights: linking efforts to prevent gender-based
violence and HIV in China, India, Thailand and Vietnam
Gruskin S., Ahmed S., Ferguson L., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
 
Viet Nam
                                
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL TEXT ARTICLE
 Domestic violence in Vietnam
 Vung ND , Ostergren P-O,, Krantz G
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:55
 Paper
 
FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Intimate partner violence against women in rural Vietnam: different socio-demographic factors
are associated with different forms of violence. Need for new intervention guidelines?
Vung ND, Ostergren PO, Krantz G.  
BMC Public Health. 2008 Feb 11;8(1):55
Paper

Gender, partner violence, and perceived family functioning among a sample of Vietnam veterans.
Chrysos ES, Taft CT, King LA, King DW   
Violence Vict. 2005 Oct;20(5):549-59.
 Abstract
 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
 
Linking gender-based violence and HIV prevention efforts: initial lessons from implementation of a
pilot project in China, India, Thailand and Vietnam
S Gruskin, S Ahmed, L Ferguson
 (134 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Studies in sexual violence victims and risks of being infected with HIV
Nguyen V.A.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Using the nexus of sexuality, health and human rights: linking efforts to prevent gender-based
violence and HIV in China, India, Thailand and Vietnam
Gruskin S., Ahmed S., Ferguson L., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
High prevalence of domestic violence in coastal Vietnam and local perspectives on why intimate
domestic violence occurs
PV Thien, TH Minh,  SR Schuler,  et  al
 (132 APHA)
Abstract
 

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