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Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Patterns of medication use among women survivors of intimate partner violence.
Wuest J, Merritt-Gray M, Lent B,  
Can J Public Health. 2007 Nov-Dec;98(6):460-4
 Abstract
 
Who is Identified by Screening for Intimate Partner Violence?
Wathen CN, Jamieson E, Macmillan HL; The McMaster Violence Against Women Research Group.
 Womens Health Issues. 2008 November - December;18(6):423-432.
 Abstract
 
HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis Use Among Ontario Female Adolescent Sexual Assault Victims:
A Prospective Analysis.
Du Mont J, Myhr TL, Husson H, et al
Sex Transm Dis. 2008 Oct 2.
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Caring for victims of intimate partner violence: a survey of Canadian emergency departments.
McClennan S, Worster A, Macmillan H.  
CJEM. 2008 Jul;10(4):325-8.
Paper
 
The elevated risk for violence against cohabiting women: a comparison of three nationally representative
surveys of Canada.
Brownridge DA. 
Violence Against Women. 2008 Jul;14(7):809-32.
 Abstract
 
The feasibility of screening for intimate partner violence during postpartum home visits.
Jack SM, Jamieson E, Wathen CN, MacMillan HL.
Can J Nurs Res. 2008 Jun;40(2):150-70.
 Abstract
 
(Mis)perceptions about intimate partner violence in women presenting for orthopaedic care: a survey of
Canadian orthopaedic surgeons.
Bhandari M, Sprague S, Tornetta P 3rd, et al  
 J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008 Jul;90(7):1590-7.
 Abstract

The elevated risk for violence against cohabiting women: a comparison of three nationally representative
surveys of Canada.
Brownridge DA. 
Violence Against Women. 2008 Jul;14(7):809-32.
 Abstract
 
Seeking refuge from violence in street-based drug schemes: Women's experiences in North America's
first supervised injection facility.
Kerr T, Fairbairn N, Small W, Shannon K, Wood E. et al 
Soc Sci Med. 2008 Jun 16.
 Abstract
 
The high risk of IPV against Canadian women with disabilities.
Brownridge DA, Ristock J, Hiebert-Murphy D.
Med Sci Monit. 2008 May;14(5):PH27-32.
 Abstract
 
Drug sharing with clients as a risk marker for increased violence and sexual and drug-related
harms among survival sex workers.
Shannon K, Kerr T, Bright V, et al  
AIDS Care. 2008 Feb;20(2):235-41.
 Abstract
 
Mapping violence and policing as an environmental-structural barrier to health service and
syringe availability among substance-using women in street-level sex work.
Shannon K, Rusch M, Shoveller J, et al 
Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Jan 17
 Abstract
 
The elevated risk for non-lethal post-separation violence in Canada: a comparison of separated,
divorced, and married women.
Brownridge DA, Ko Ling Chan, Hiebert-Murphy D, et al  
J Interpers Violence. 2008 Jan;23(1):117-35.
 Abstract
 
The Association Between History of Violence and HIV Risk A Cross-Sectional Study of
HIV-Negative Incarcerated Women in Connecticut.
Ravi A, Blankenship KM, Altice FL.
 Womens Health Issues. 2007 Jun 12
 Abstract
 
Risk factors for victimization in romantic relationships of young women: a review of
empirical studies and implications for prevention.
Vezina J, Hebert M.
Trauma Violence Abuse. 2007 Jan;8(1):33-66.
 Abstract
 
'Violence against Pregnant Women in Northwestern Ontario.
Tan JC, Gregor KV.  
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Nov;1087:320-338.
 Abstract
 
Using theraplay in shelter settings with mothers & children who have experienced violence
in the home.
Bennett LR, Shiner SK, Ryan S.
J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2006 Oct;44(10):38-48.
 Abstract
 
Prevalence of violence against women reported in a rural health region.
Thurston WE, Patten S, Lagendyk LE. 
Can J Rural Med. 2006 Fall;11(4):259-67.
 Abstract
 
Using theraplay in shelter settings with mothers & children who have experienced violence
in the home.Bennett LR, Shiner SK, Ryan S.
 J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2006 Oct;44(10):38-48
 Abstract

Domestic violence and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1.
 Kiarie JN, Farquhar C, Richardson BA, et al   
 AIDS. 2006 Aug 22;20(13):1763-1769
 Abstract
 
Comparisons of sexual assault among older and younger women.
Del Bove G, Stermac L, Bainbridge D.  
J Elder Abuse Negl. 2005;17(3):1-18.
 Abstract
 
Partner violence against women with disabilities: prevalence, risk, and explanations.
Brownridge DA.
Violence Against Women. 2006 Sep;12(9):805-22.
Abstract
 
Approaches to screening for intimate partner violence in health care settings:
a randomized trial.
MacMillan HL, Wathen CN, Jamieson E, et al 
JAMA. 2006 Aug 2;296(5):530-6
 Abstract
 
Help-Seeking Rates for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Among Canadian Immigrant Women.
Hyman I, Forte T, Mont JD, et al 
Health Care Women Int. 2006 Sep;27(8):682-94
 Abstract
 
Chiropractors' perceptions about intimate partner violence: a cross-sectional survey.
Shearer HM, Forte ML, Dosanjh S, J
 Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2006 Jun;29(5):386-92.
 Abstract

A brief actuarial assessment for the prediction of wife assault recidivism: the Ontario
domestic assault risk assessment.
Hilton NZ, Harris GT, Rice ME, Lang C   
Psychol Assess. 2004 Sep;16(3):267-75.
 Abstract

Violence against Canadian Women.
Cohen MM, Maclean H.  
BMC Womens Health. 2004 Aug 25;4 Suppl 1:S22
 Abstract
 
Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
 
A study with South Asian immigrant women on spousal abuse and help-seeking
F Ahmad, N Driver, MJ McNally, et al 
(136 APHA)
 Abstract
 
POWERPOINT POSTER PRESENTATION
 Rape, sexual assault, domestic violence and HIV: promoting women's rights through legislation
R  Pearshouse  
(XVII International AIDS Conference)
 Poster Presentation

Computer-assisted risk screening for intimate partner violence in family practice: A randomized
controlled trial (RCT)
F Ahmad, S Hogg-Johnson, DE Stewart, et al
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Fighting for Justice in the wake of Gender Based Violence
M McLemore
 (134 APHA)
 Abstract

Comparing violence in sexual assaults perpetrated by intimate partners to those perpetrated
by other known assailants and strangers
JA Du Mont, T Forte, D Parnis
(133 APHA)
 Abstract

Female patients’ views of hospital-based medical-legal responses to sexual assault  
D Parnis, JA. Du Mont
(133 APHA)
Abstract
 
Have the factors associated with service use subsequent to intimate partner violence changed?
JA Du Mont, T Forte,  I Hyman, et al
 (133 APHA)
Abstract
 

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