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Violence Against Girls: Human Rights Watch Position Papers for The 51st UN Commission
on the Status of Women

Human Rights Watch February 2007
Internet Documents
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
You don't go tell White people nothing": African American women's perspectives on the
influence of violence and race on depression and depression care.

Nicolaidis C, Timmons V, Thomas MJ,  et al
 
Am J Public Health
. 2010 Aug;100(8):1470-6
Abstract

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Sexual assault prevention for women with intellectual disabilities: a critical review
of the evidence.
Barger E, Wacker J, Macy R, Parish S.

Intellect Dev Disabil
. 2009 Aug;47(4):249-62.
Abstract

Severe physical violence among intimate partners: a risk factor for vaginal bleeding during gestation
in less privileged women?

Moraes CL, Reichenheim M, Nunes AP. 

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand
. 2009 Jul 28:1-8.
Abstract

The Relationship Between Battered Women's Causal Attributions for Violence and
Coping Efforts.

Meyer A, Wagner B, Dutton MA. 

J Interpers Violence
. 2009 Jul 14
Abstract

Intimate partner violence in Latina and non-Latina women.
Bonomi AE, Anderson ML, Cannon EA, et al  
Am J Prev Med. 2009 Jan;36(1):43-48.
Abstract
 

Efficacy of a group intervention for adult women survivors of sexual abuse.
Hébert M, Bergeron M. 
J Child Sex Abus. 2007;16(4):37-61.
Abstract
 
Predicting women's perceptions of domestic violence and sexual assault agency helpfulness:
what matters to program clients?

Zweig JM, Burt MR. 

Violence Against Women
. 2007 Nov;13(11):1149-78.
Abstract
 
Revictimizing the victims?: interviewing women about interpersonal violence.
Hlavka HR, Kruttschnitt C, Carbone-López KC.

Interpers Violence. 2007 Jul;22(7):894-920
Abstract
 
Violence against women and the Millennium Development Goals: Facilitating women's access
to support.

Ellsberg M. 
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2006 Jul 11;

Abstract
 
Masculine Gender Roles Associated with Increased Sexual Risk and Intimate Partner Violence
Perpetration among Young Adult Men.

Santana MC, Raj A, Decker MR,
  et al
J Urban Health.
2006 Jul;83(4):575-85.
Abstract
 
Understanding behavior change for women experiencing intimate partner violence: Mapping the ups
and downs using the stages of change.

Chang JC, Dado D, Ashton S, Hawker L, et al  
Patient Educ Couns. 2006 Jul 20;
Abstract
 
The Phenomenology of Meditation for Female Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence.
Kane KE.
Violence Against Women. 2006 May;12(5):501-518.
Abstract
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Asking about intimate partner violence: advice from female survivors to health care providers.
Chang JC, Decker MR, Moracco KE, et al
Patient Educ Couns. 2005 Nov;59(2):141-7.

Abstract
 
Predicting wife assault: a critical review and implications for policy and practice.
Hilton NZ, Harris GT.
 
Trauma Violence Abuse.
2005 Jan;6(1):3-23.
Abstract

Women marginalized by poverty and violence. How patient-physician relationships
can help.

Woolhouse S, Brown JB, Lent B

Can Fam Physician. 2004 Oct;50:1388-94.
Abstract
 
Issues Related to Defining and Measuring Violence Against Women: Response to
Kilpatrick.

Saltzman LE.   
J Interpers Violence. 2004 Nov;19(11):1235-1243.
Abstract
 
Violence Against Women: Outcome Complexity and Implications for Assessment
and Treatm
ent.

Briere J, Jordan CE.

J Interpers Violence. 2004 Nov;19(11):1252-1276
Abstract
 
What Is Violence Against Women: Defining and Measuring the Problem.
Kilpatrick DG.  
J Interpers Violence. 2004 Nov;19(11):1209-1234.
Abstract
 
Women marginalized by poverty and violence. How patient-physician relationships can help.
Woolhouse S, Brown JB, Lent B
 
Can Fam Physician.
2004 Oct;50:1388-94.
Abstract
 
Issues Related to Defining and Measuring Violence Against Women: Response to
Kilpatrick
.

Saltzman LE.   
J Interpers Violence. 2004 Nov;19(11):1235-1243.
Abstract

Intimate Partner Violence and Physical Health Consequences: Policy and Practice
Implications.

Plichta SB.

J Interpers Violence.
2004 Nov;19(11):1296-1323
Abstract
 

Researcher-Advocate Collaborations to End Violence Against Women: Toward Liberating
Methodologies for Action Research.
Williams LM. 

J Interpers Violence.
2004 Nov;19(11):1350-1357.
Abstract
 
Breaking the cycle of family violence: Understanding the perceptions of battered women.
Lutenbacher M, Cohen A, Conner NM.

J Pediatr Health Care.
2004 Sep-Oct;18(5):236-43
Abstract
 
Weapons in the lives of battered women.
Sorenson SB, Wiebe DJ.

Am J Public Health
. 2004 Aug;94(8):1412-7
Abstract
 
Sexual violence and the obstetrician/gynecologist.
Uribe-Elias R.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2003 Sep;82(3):425-433.
Abstract
 
The wavering line in the sand: the effects of domestic violence and sexual coercion
Coggins M, Bullock LF.
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2003 Sep-Nov;24(6-7):723-38.
Abstract
 
Women's Perceptions of Their Male Batterers' Characteristics abd Levels of Violence
Torres S, Han HR.
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2003 Sep-Nov;24(6-7):667-79.
Abstract

Do We Really Help? Perspectives of Abused Women.
Lutenbacher M, Cohen A, Mitzel J.

Public Health Nurs
2003 Jan;20(1):56-64
Abstract
 
 
       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
 
Health outcomes in women with physical and sexual intimate partner violence exposure
AE Bonomi, ML Anderson, F Rivara, et al
(135 APHA)
Abstract|

 
Social connectedness and intimate partner violence
SB Plichta, J Jackson, B Blessett, R Myers
(135 APHA)
Abstract|
 
Communicating empirically-based information about risks and protection strategies to
survivors of intimate partner violence

DW Webster, P Mahoney, J Campbell, S Ghanbarpour
(135 APHA)
Abstract
 
Intimate partner violence and unemployment among California women
KP Mack, J Alvarez,J Pavao et al
(135 APHA)
Abstract

A predictive model to identify victims of Intimate Partner Violence  
LR Halpern, Bl Parry, TB Dodson, et al
(134 APHA)
Abstract


Violence Against Disabled Women
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Interpersonal Violence and Women With Disabilities: Analysis of Safety
Promoting Behaviors.
Powers LE, Renker P, Robinson-Whelen S, et al 

Violence Against Women
. 2009 Jul 16.
Abstract

Intimate partner violence and women with disabilities: toward bringing visibility to an
unrecognized population.

Barranti CC, Yuen FK.
J Soc Work Disabil Rehabil. 2008;7(2):115-30
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
 
"I thought . . . maybe this is my chance": Sexual Abuse Against Girls and Women With
Disabilities in Malawi.

Kvam MH, Braathen SH.
 
Sex Abuse
. 2008 Mar;20(1):5-24.
Abstract
 
Sexual assault patterns among women with and without disabilities seeking survivor services.
Nannini A 
Womens Health Issues. 2006 Nov-Dec;16(6):372-9.
Abstract
 
Violence and Exploitation against Women and Girls with Disability.
Rosen DB.  
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Nov;1087:170-177
Abstract
 
Worker role identity development of women with disabilities who experience domestic violence.
Helfrich CA, Badiani C, Simpson EK. et al 
Work.
2006;27(3):319-28.
Abstract
 
Partner violence against women with disabilities: prevalence, risk, and explanations.
Brownridge DA.

Violence Against Women
. 2006 Sep;12(9):805-22.
Abstract
 
Physical and sexual assault of women with disabilities.
Martin SL, Ray N, Sotres-Alvarez D   
Violence Against Women.
2006 Sep;12(9):823-37.
Abstract

Partner abuse in physically disabled women: a proposed model for understanding
intimate partner violence.

Copel LC  .
Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2006 May;42(2):114-29.

Abstract
 

       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
 
Differences in intimate partner violence among women with and without a disability
BS Armour, LA. Wolf, M Mitra, et al
(136 APHA)
Abstract

Physical and sexual assault among women with disabilities
C Casteel, SL Martin,  JB Smith, et al
(134 APHA)
Abstract

Improving accessibility and services in domestic violence and sexual assault agencies for
women with disabilities

PA Dickens,  C Nobles,  C Casteel, K Freire
(133 APHA)
Abstract

Violence and Mental Health
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Differences in Depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Lifetime Trauma
Exposure in Formerly Abused Women With Mild Versus Moderate to Severe Chronic Pain.
Humphreys J, Cooper BA, Miaskowski C.
, et al 
J Interpers Violence
. 2010 Feb 2
Abstract

Domestic violence in women with serious mental illness involved with child protective services.
Lewin LC, Abdrbo A, Burant CJ.

Issues Ment Health Nurs
. 2010 Feb;31(2):128-36.
Abstract

Low-Income Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: The Role of Posttraumatic
Stress Disorder.
Cavanaugh CE, Hansen NB, Sullivan TP.

AIDS Behav
. 2009 Oct 24
Abstract

Cognitive impairment and functioning in PTSD related to intimate partner violence.
Twamley EW, Allard CB, Thorp SR, ey al

J Int Neuropsychol Soc
. 2009 Aug 25:1-9.
Abstract

Intimate Partner Violence and Barriers to Mental Health Care for Ethnically Diverse
Populations of Women.

Rodriguez M, Valentine JM, Son JB, Muhammad M.
 
Trauma Violence Abuse
. 2009 Jul 28.
Abstract

From the Margins to the Center: Ethnic Minority Women and the Mental Health Effects of
Sexual Assault.

Bryant-Davis T, Chung H, Tillman S.

Trauma Violence Abuse
.
2009 Jul 2.
Abstract

Psychotherapies for Trauma and Substance Abuse in Women: Review and Policy Implications.
Najavits LM.

Trauma Violence Abuse
. 2009 May 27.
Abstract

Creation and validation of a forensic protocol to assess psychological harm in battered women.
Arce R, Farińa F, Carballal A, Novo M. |
Psicothema. 2009 May;21(2):241-7
Abstract

Interpersonal violence is associated with depression and chronic physical health problems in midlife women.
Humphreys J, Lee KA. 
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2009 Apr;30(4):206-13.
Abstract

Intimate partner violence, depression, and resource availability among a community sample of Hispanic women
González-Guarda RM, Peragallo N, Vasquez EP, et al
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2009 Apr;30(4):227-36
Abstract
 
Partner violence, depression, and recidivism: the case of incarcerated women and why we need programs
designed for them.
Zust BL. 

Issues Ment Health Nurs
. 2009 Apr;30(4):246-51.
Abstract

Coping as a mediator and moderator between intimate partner violence and symptoms of anxiety and
depression.

Calvete E, Corral S, Estévez A.
 
Violence Against Women
. 2008 Aug;14(8):886-904.
Abstract
 

Use of brief tools to measure depressive symptoms in women with a history of intimate partner violence.
Bonomi AE, Kernic MA, Anderson ML, et al
 
Nurs Re
s. 2008 May-Jun;57(3):150-6.
Abstract
 
Intimate partner violence and women's physical and mental health in the WHO multi-country study
on women's health and domestic violence: an observational study.

Ellsberg M, Jansen HA, Heise L, et al
Lancet. 2008 Apr 5;371(9619):1165-72.
Abstract
 
Borderline Personality Characteristics and Treatment Outcome in Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments
for PTSD in Female Rape Victims.

Clarke SB, Rizvi SL, Resick PA  .
Behav Ther.
2008 Mar;39(1):72-8.
Abstract
 
PTSD Compromises Battered Women's Future Safety.
Perez S, Johnson DM.
 
J Interpers Violence.
2008 Feb 13
Abstract
 
Mental Health Disorders and Functioning of Women in Domestic Violence Shelters.
Helfrich CA, Fujiura GT, Rutkowski-Kmitta V. et al 
J Interpers Violence. 2008 Feb 5
Abstract

Intimate partner violence, depression, and PTSD among pregnant Latina women.
Rodriguez MA, Heilemann MV, Fielder E, et al  
Ann Fam Med.
2008 Jan-Feb;6(1):44-52.
Abstract

The long-term effects of intimate partner violence on adolescent mothers' depressive
symptoms.

Lindhorst T, Oxford M. 

Soc Sci Med.
2008 Jan 15
Abstract
 
The impact of psychological abuse by an intimate partner on the mental health of
pregnant women
.
Tiwari A, Chan KL, Fong D, et al
 
 BJOG
. 2008 Mar;115(3):377-84.
Abstract
 
Violence against women by their intimate partner and common mental disorders.
Ludermir AB, Schraiber LB, D'Oliveira AF, et al 

Soc Sci Med
. 2008 Jan 4
Abstract
 
Psychosocial correlates of PTSD symptom severity in sexual assault survivors.
Ullman SE, Filipas HH, Townsend SM, Starzynski LL.
J Trauma Stress. 2007 Oct;20(5):821-31.
Abstract
 
Dangerous intimate partner relationships and women's mental health and health behaviors.
Sato-Dilorenzo A, Sharps PW.

Issues Ment Health Nurs.
2007 Aug;28(8):837-48.
Abstract
 
Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Unmet Need for Mental Health Care: Results From
the NSDUH.

Lipsky S, Caetano R.
Psychiatr Serv. 2007 Jun;58(6):822-9.
Abstract
 
Inflammation, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic syndrome as sequelae of violence against
women: the role of depression, hostility, and sleep disturbance.

Kendall-Tackett KA.
Trauma Violence Abuse. 2007 Apr;8(2):117-26.
Abstract
 
Age at sexual assault and posttraumatic stress disorder among women: prevalence, correlates,
and implications for prevention.

Masho SW, Ahmed G. 

J Womens Health
(Larchmt). 2007 Mar;16(2):262-71.
Abstract
 
Gender and Posttraumatic Stress: Sexual Violence as an Explanation for Women's Increased Risk.
Cortina LM, Kubiak SP
J Abnorm Psychol.
2006 Nov;115(4):753-9.
Abstract
 
Intimate Partner Violence and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Women:
What We Know and Need to Know.
Woods SJ.
J Interpers Violence. 2005 Apr;20(4):394-402.
Abstract
 
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Part III: Health Effects of Interpersonal Violence Among Women.
Hegadoren KM, Lasiuk GC, Coupland NJ. 
Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2006 Aug;42(3):163-73.
Abstract
 
Intimate partner violence and minor psychiatric morbidity of aboriginal Taiwanese women.
Yang MS, Yang MJ, Chang SJ    
Public Health Rep. 2006 Jul-Aug;121(4):453-9.
Abstract 
 
The Impact of Physical, Psychological, and Sexual Intimate Male Partner Violence on Women's
Mental Health: Depressive Symptoms, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, State Anxiety, and Suicide.

Pico-Alfonso MA, Garcia-Linares MI, Celda-Navarro N, et al
 
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2006 Jun;15(5):599-611.
Abstract
 
Increased cortisol in women with intimate partner violence-related posttraumatic stress disorder.
Inslicht SS, Marmar CR, Neylan TC 

 Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2006 May 20;
Abstract
 
Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among low-income, African American women with
a history of intimate partner violence and suicidal behaviors: Self-esteem, social support,
and religious coping.

Bradley R, Schwartz AC, Kaslow NJ.
J Trauma Stress. 2005 Dec;18(6):685-96
.
Abstract
 
Depressive symptoms in women experiencing intimate partner violence.
Houry D, Kaslow NJ, Thompson MP.
 
J Interpers Violence
. 2005 Nov;20(11):1467-77.
Abstract
 
Intimate partner violence and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in women: what we
know and need to know.

Woods SJ.
J Interpers Violence. 2005 Apr;20(4):394-402.
Abstract
 
Beyond PTSD: Mental Health Consequences of Violence Against Women: A Response
to Briere and Jordan.
Mechanic MB.
J Interpers Violence. 2004 Nov;19(11):1283-1289.
Abstract
 
Mental health issues among female clients of domestic violence programs in North
Carolina.

Moracco KE, Brown CL, Martin SL, et al 
Psychiatr Serv. 2004 Sep;55(9):1036-40
Abstract
 
Psychopathology after rape.
Faravelli C, Giugni A, Salvatori S, Ricca V.et al 
Am J Psychiatry. 2004 Aug;161(8):1483-5.
Abstract

Nonvolitional sex and sexual health.
Kalmuss D.
Arch Sex Behav. 2004 Jun;33(3):197-209
Abstract
 

       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
 
Intimate Partner Violence and Depression in a Population-based Sample of Women:
Can Social Support help

A Mburia, K Clements-Nolle, W Lee, et al
(136 APHA)
Abstract

Does age affect the presentation and treatment of physical and mental health needs of women
who are victims of intimate partner violence

GA Spencer, SA. Bryant, N Van Dyke-McDonald
(134 APHA)
Abstract

Depression and social support: Correlates of intimate partner violence in women
M Tolou-Shams

(133 APHA)
Abstract
 
Posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbid depression among abused women seeking
emergency department care

S Lipsky,  CA Field,  R Caetano,  GL Larkin
(133 APHA)
Abstract

Violence and Healthcare
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 

Chronic Pain in Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence.
Wuest J, Merritt-Gray M, Ford-Gilboe M, et al 
J Pain
. 2008 Aug 12.
Abstract
 

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Health care-based interventions for women who have experienced sexual violence: a review of
the literature.

Martin SL, Young SK, Billings DL, Bross CC.

Trauma Violence Abuse
. 2007 Jan;8(1):3-18.
Abstract
 
Should medical students be taught about rape? A survey of UK medical schools.
Koschorke A, Tilzey A, Welch J. 
 
BJOG.
2006 Dec 12;
Abstract
 
Gynecological health impact of sexual assault.
Campbell R, Lichty LF, Sturza M, Raja S.
Res Nurs Health. 2006 Oct;29(5):399-413
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 WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Domestic Violence in Barriers to Health Care for HIV-Positive Women.
Lichtenstein B.  

AIDS Patient Care STDS.
2006 Feb;20(2):122-32.

Abstract
 
        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
  What are the experiences and expectations of women with experience of intimate partner
violence when they encounter health care professionals? A meta-analysis of qualitative studies
AR Taket
(133 APHA)
Abstract

Violence and Sexual Health
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Nonvolitional sex and sexual health.
Kalmuss D.
Arch Sex Behav. 2004 Jun;33(3):197-209
Abstract

Violence in Healthcare Settings
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 
 
 
Violence against women: the phenomenon of workplace violence against nurses.
Child RJ, Mentes JC.
ssues Ment Health Nurs. 2010 Feb;31(2):89-95.

Abstract

Intimate partner violence and abuse among female nurses and nursing personnel:
prevalence and risk factors.
Bracken MI, Messing JT, Campbell JC, et al 
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2010 Feb;31(2):137-48.
Abstract

Violence against women: the phenomenon of workplace violence against nurses.
Child RJ, Mentes JC
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2010 Feb;31(2):89-95
Abstract

Female caregivers' experiences of exposure to violence in nursing homes.
Isaksson U, Graneheim UH, Aström S.
 
J Psychiatr Ment Health Nur
s
. 2009 Feb;16(1):46-53.
Abstract
 

Violence against female student nurses in the workplace.
Hinchberger PA.  

Nurs Forum
. 2009 Jan-Mar;44(1):37-46.

Abstract

Violence against women in health-care institutions: an emerging problem.
d'Oliveira AF, Diniz SG, Schraiber LB.

Lancet 2002 May 11;359(9318):1681-5
Abstract


Older Women
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 
 
 
When Older African American Women Are Affected by Violence in the Home: A Qualitative
Investigation of Risk and Protective Factors.

Paranjape A, Corbie-Smith G, Thompson N, Kaslow NJ.

Violence Against Women
. 2009 Jun 23
Abstract

Intimate partner violence among midlife and older women: a descriptive analysis of women
seeking medical services.

Sormanti M, Shibusawa T.

Health Soc Work.
2008 Feb;33(1):33-41.
Abstract
 

Older women's fears of violence: the need for interventions that enable active ageing.
Barnett K, Buys L, Lovie-Kitchin J, Boulton-Lewis G, et al
 
J Women Aging.
2007;19(3-4):179-93
Abstract
 
Intimate partner violence in older women.
Bonomi AE, Anderson ML, Reid RJ, et al 

Gerontologist.
2007 Feb;47(1):34-41.
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
 
Internal barriers to help seeking for middle-aged and older women who experience intimate
partner violence.

Beaulaurier RL, Seff LR, Newman FL, Dunlop BD. 
J Elder Abuse Negl
. 2005;17(3):53-74
Abstract
 
A lifetime of intimate partner violence: coping strategies of older women.
Zink T, Jacobson CJ Jr, Pabst S, et al

J Interpers Violence. 2006 May;21(5):634-51.
Abstract
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Responding to the needs of older women experiencing domestic violence.
Straka SM, Montminy L.
 
Violence Against Women.
2006 Mar;12(3):251-67.
Abstract
 
Forensic markers in elder female sexual abuse cases.
Burgess AW, Hanrahan NP, Baker T
Clin Geriatr Med. 2005 May;21(2):399-412.
Abstract

Three year health outcomes among older women at risk of elder abuse: women's
health Australia
.

Schofield MJ, Mishra GD.
 
Qual Life Res. 2004 Aug;13(6):1043-52
Abstract


Violence Screening/Identification/Response by HCWS
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Does health care provider screening for domestic violence vary by race and income?
Weeks EK, Ellis SD, Lichstein PR, Bonds DE.
Violence Against Women. 2008 Jul;14(7):844-55.
Abstract
 
Role of health professionals in the prevention of domestic violence against women
Gracia E, Lila M.
 
Rev Med Chil.
2008 Mar;136(3):394-400.
Abstract
 
Secondary traumatic stress in nurses who care for traumatized women.
Gates DM, Gillespie GL. 

J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs.
2008 Mar-Apr;37(2):243-9.
Abstract

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Responsibility of health providers in domestic violence reporting.
Saliba O, Garbin CA, Garbin AJ, Dossi AP.
Rev Saude Publica. 2007 Jun;41(3):472-7.
Abstract
 
An evaluation of health care providers' sexual violence screening practices.
Littleton HL, Berenson AB, Breitkopf CR. et al
Am J Obstet Gynecol.
2007 Jun;196(6):564.e1-5;
Abstract
 
Intimate partner violence: implications for critical care nursing.
Amar AF, Cox CW.
Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2006 Sep;18(3):287-96.
Abstract
 
On a life-saving mission: nurses' willingness to encounter with intimate partner abuse.
Haggblom AM, Moller AR.
Qual Health Res.
2006 Oct;16(8):1075-90
Abstract
 
Assessing intimate partner violence in health care settings leads to women's receipt of
interventions and improved health.

McCloskey LA, Lichter E, Williams C, et al
 
Public Health Rep
. 2006 Jul-Aug;121(4):435-44.
Abstract
 
Acceptability of routine enquiry regarding domestic violence in the antenatal clinic.
McDonnell E, Holohan M, Reilly MO, et al
Ir Med J. 2006 Apr;99(4):123-4.
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Mothers' Comfort with Screening Questions about Sensitive Issues, Including Domestic Violence.
Zink T, Levin L, Wollan P, Putnam F. et al  
Am Board Fam Med. 2006 Jul-Aug;19(4):358-67
Paper

Detecting potential intimate partner violence: which approach do women want?
McCord-Duncan EC, Floyd M  
 Fam Med. 2006 Jun;38(6):416-22.
Abstract
 

Recognising domestic violence in clinical practice using the diagnoses of posttraumatic
stress disorder, depression and low self-esteem
.

Duxbury F. 

Br J Gen Pract
. 2006 Apr;56(525):294-300.
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Should Health Professionals Screen All Women for Domestic Violence?

Take A,  Wathen CN,  MacMillan H
 
PLoS Medicine
Vol 1, No 1
Paper
 
FULL-TEXT  ARTICLE
General practitioner management of intimate partner abuse and the whole family:
qualitative study.
Taft A, Broom DH, Legge D.
BMJ. 2004 Mar 13;328(7440):595-6
Paper
 
Preventive care in the emergency department: screening for domestic violence in the
emergency department.
Anglin D, Sachs C.

Acad Emerg Med.
2003 Oct;10(10):1118-27.
Abstract

Victims of domestic violence on the trauma service: unrecognized and underreported.
Davis JW, Parks SN, Kaups KL, et al.

J Trauma
2003 Feb;54(2):352-5
Abstract

How Physicians Feel about Assisting Female Victims of Intimate-partner Violence.
Garimella RN, Plichta SB, Houseman C, Garzon L.

Acad Med
2002 Dec;77(12):1262-5
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Should health professionals screen women for domestic violence? Systematic review.
Ramsay J,  Richardson J,   Carter YH,  et al.

BMJ 2002;325 314
Abstract


Domestic violence compared to other health risks. A survey of physicians' beliefs and
behaviors.
Gerbert B, Gansky SA, Tang JW,
 
Am J Prev Med
2002 Aug;23(2):82-90
Abstract

Unsafe Sex, Substance Abuse, and Domestic Violence: How Do Recently Trained
Obstetricians-Gynecologists Fare at Lifestyle Risk Assessment and Counseling on
STD Prevention?
Haley N, Maheux B, Rivard M, Gervais A
Prev Med 2002 Jun;34(6):632-7  
Abstract

Communicating with patients about intimate partner violence: screening and
interviewing approaches.

Fogarty CT, Burge S, McCord EC
Fam Med 2002 May;34(5):369-75
Abstract

Dilemmas and opportunities for an appropriate health-service response to violence
against women.

Garcia-Moreno C.
Lancet 2002 Apr 27;359(9316):1509-14
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE  
Identifying domestic violence: cross sectional study in primary care.
Richardson J,  Coid J,
BMJ 2002;Feb 2;324:274
Paper
 

 
        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
 
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
 
Utilizing Domestic Violence Providers to Prevent and Reduce HIV/AIDS in Underserved Women
AJ Cobb
(135 APHA)
Abstract

Screening for domestic violence by health care providers: Effect of practice setting
IV Haller, BA Elliott,  JM Peterson
(132 APHA)
Abstract

Prevalence of intimate partner violence in urban young women: Experiences with
disclosure in health care settings

LL Davidson,   EC Olson, L Rottenberg, et al
(132 APHA)
Abstract
 
Is telephone follow-up feasible for women identified as victims of domestic violence
through routine ED screening?
MG  Leffler,  EM. Datner, F  Shofer
(132 APHA)
Abstract

Violence Prevention
 

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Measures to Stop Violence against Women.
Sandis EE.

Ann N Y Acad Sci.
2006 Nov;1087:370-383.
Abstract
 
Sexual Aggression toward Women: Reducing the Prevalence.
Gerber GL, Cherneski L.   
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Nov;1087:35-46.|
Abstract
 
Self-Defense or Assertiveness Training and Women's Responses to Sexual Attacks.
Brecklin LR, Ullman SE.  
J Interpers Violence. 2005 Jun;20(6):738-62.

Abstract

Health care providers' missed opportunities for preventing femicide
Sharps PW, Koziol-McLain J, CampbellJ, et al.

Prev Med
2001 Nov;33(5):373-80
Abstract

Confronting barriers to universal screening for domestic violence.
Davis RE, Harsh KE.

J Prof Nurs
2001 Nov-  Dec;17(6):313-20
Abstract
 

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
  An Evidence-Based Review of Sexual Assault Preventive Intervention Programs
S Morrison, A Mathew,  J Hardison, J O'Neil

(132 APHA)
Abstract

Violence in the Military
 

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Alcohol use in nonmutual and mutual domestic violence in the U.S. Army: 1998-2004.
McCarroll JE, Fan Z, Bell NS.
Violence Vict. 2009;24(3):364-79
Abstract

Premilitary Adult Sexual Assault Victimization and Perpetration in a Navy Recruit Sample.
Stander VA, Merrill LL, Thomsen CJ, et al
 
J Interpers Violence
. 2008 Mar 4
Abstract
 

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Intimate partner violence among military veterans and active duty servicemen.
Marshall AD, Panuzio J, Taft CT.

Clin Psychol Rev. 2005 Nov;25(7):862-76.
Abstract
 
Life Span and Repeated Violence against Women during Military Service:
Effects on Health Status and Outpatient Utilization.
Sadler AG, Booth BM, Mengeling MA, et al.  

J Womens Health
(Larchmt). 2004 Sep;13(7):799-811.
Abstract

Factors associated with women's risk of rape in the military environment.
Sadler AG, Booth BM, Cook BL, Doebbeling BN.

Am J Ind Med
2003 Mar;43(3):262-73
Abstract

The military environment: risk factors for women's non-fatal assaults.
Sadler AG, Booth BM, Cook BL, et al.
J Occup Environ Med 2001 Apr;43(4):325-34
Abstract

Personality characteristics that increase vulnerability to sexual harassment among
U.S. Army soldiers.
Martin L.
Mil Med 2000 Oct;165(10):709-13
Abstract

Health-related consequences of physical and sexual violence: women in the
military.

Sadler AG, Booth BM, Nielson D, Doebbeling BN.
Obstet Gynecol 2000 Sep;96(3):473-80
Abstract

Prevalence of depressive and alcohol abuse symptoms among women VA outpatients
who report experiencing sexual assault while in the military.
Hankin CS, Skinner KM, Sullivan LM, et al.
 J Trauma Stress 1999 Oct;12(4):601-12
Abstract

The prevalence of physical and sexual abuse in women veterans seeking care at
a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Coyle BS, Wolan DL, Van Horn AS
Mil Med 1996 Oct;161(10):588-93
Abstract

 

Lesbian Violence
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Lesbian/Bisexual Mothers and Intimate Partner Violence: Help Seeking in the Context
of Social and Legal Vulnerability.
Hardesty JL, Oswald RF, Khaw L, Fonseca C.
Violence Against Women
. 2009 Dec 22
Abstract

Risk for Reassault in Abusive Female Same-Sex Relationships.
Glass N, Perrin N, Hanson G, et al
Am J Public Health. 2008 Apr 29
Abstract
 

The Influence of Gender Role Stereotyping on Women's Experiences of Female
Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence.

Hassouneh D, Glass N.
Violence Against Women. 2008 Mar;14(3):310-25
Abstract

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Improving services for lesbian clients: what do domestic violence agencies need to do?
Helfrich CA, Simpson EK. 
Health Care Women Int. 2006 Apr;27(4):344-61.

Abstract


Reporting Issues
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Barriers to reporting sexual assault for women and men: perspectives of college students.
Sable MR, Danis F, Mauzy DL, Gallagher SK. 
J Am Coll Health. 2006 Nov-Dec;55(3):157-62

Abstract

Nonvolitional sex and sexual health.
Kalmuss D.
Arch Sex Behav. 2004 Jun;33(3):197-209
Abstract


Suicide/Suicide Ideation
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Suicidal, abused African American women's response to a culturally informed intervention.
Kaslow NJ, Leiner AS, Reviere S, et al
J Consult Clin Psychol. 2010 Aug;78(4):449-58.
Abstract

Social problem solving, autobiographical memory, trauma, and depression in women with
borderline personality disorder and a history of suicide attempts

Maurex L, Lekander M, Nilsonne A, et al
Br J Clin Psychol. 2009 Jun 24.
Abstract

Intimate partner violence and suicidality in low-income African American women: a
multimethod assessment of coping factors.

Reviere SL, Farber EW, Twomey H, et al
 
Violence Against Women
. 2007 Nov;13(11):1113-29.
Abstract
 

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Mediators of suicidal ideation within a sheltered sample of raped and battered women.
Weaver TL, Allen JA, Hopper E, et al  

Health Care Women Int.
2007 May;28(5):478-89.
Abstract
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Protective factors against suicide attempt risk among african american women experiencing
intimate partner violence.

Meadows LA, Kaslow NJ, Thompson MP, Jurkovic GJ. 

Am J Community Psychol.
2005 Sep;36(1-2):109-21.
Abstract

Suicide risk and mental health indicators: Do they differ by abuse and HIV status?
Gielen AC, McDonnell KA, O'campo PJ, Burke JG.

Womens Health Issue
s. 2005 Mar-Apr;15(2):89-95.

Abstract
 

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
  Female self-immolation and the Muslim culture
EA Campbell
Abstract

Spirituality/Religion
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Being delivered: spirituality in survivors of sexual violence.
Knapik GP, Martsolf DS, Draucker CB.  
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2008 Apr;29(4):335-50.
Abstract
 
The lived experience of women in abusive relationships who sought spiritual guidance.
Copel LC.  
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2008 Feb;29(2):115-30.
Abstract
 
Race/ethnicity, religious involvement, and domestic violence.
Ellison CG, Trinitapoli JA, Anderson KL, Johnson BR.
Violence Against Women. 2007 Nov;13(11):1094-112.
Abstract

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
The importance of spirituality in the lives of domestic violence survivors.
Gillum TL, Sullivan CM, Bybee DI. 
Violence Against Women. 2006 Mar;12(3):240-50

Abstract
 

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
  Female self-immolation and the Muslim culture
EA Campbell
Abstract


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