Domestic Violence

Intimate partner violence associated with increased health problems

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 25th, 2002

Physically and sexually abused women have a 50-70% increase in gynecological, central nervous system, and stress-related problems than women who have never been abused, according to an article in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and colleagues conducted a study comparing physical health problems of abused and never-abused women with similar access to health care. The study of a sample of 2005 women ages 21-55 years who are enrollees in a health maintenance organization in the metropolitan Washington, DC area represented a racially balanced and primarily highly educated group of middle-class...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-07-25)

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