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Intimate partner violence—or IPV—is actual or threatened physical or sexual violence or psychological and emotional abuse directed toward a spouse, ex-spouse, current or former boyfriend or girlfriend, or current or former dating partner. Intimate partners may be heterosexual or of the same sex. Some of the common terms used to describe intimate partner violence are domestic abuse, spouse abuse, domestic violence, courtship violence, battering, marital rape, and date rape (Saltzman, et al. 1999). CDC
uses the term intimate partner violence because it describes violence that
occurs within all intimate relationships. Some of the other terms are
overlapping and may be used to mean other forms of violence including
abuse of elders, children, and siblings. Saltzman LE, Fanslow JL, McMahon PM, Shelley GA. Intimate Partner Violence Surveillance: Uniform definitions and recommended data elements. Atlanta: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; 1999.
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