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 Women's
Reproductive Health
Violence and
Reproductive Health
Publications - Violence Against
Women and Reproductive Health
Addressing Violence Against Women, Results from a
National Survey of Title X Family Planning Providers
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This document is the final report from a survey conducted by CDC's
Division of Reproductive Health on the extent to which screening for
violence occurs in Title X funded family planning clinics in the United
States. It presents findings from the Family Planning Clinics and Intimate
Partner Violence Study (FPC/IPV), and provides background information to
help clinic staff interpret the data and determine how IPV can be
addressed in their setting.
Maternal
and Child Health Journal
special issue; Violence and Reproductive Health
This special edition of the Maternal
and Child Health Journal grew out of a major conference, the National
Conference on Violence and Reproductive Health: Science, Prevention, and
Action, which was held in Atlanta, Georgia, June 16-19, 1999. The
conference, convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
but with many cosponsors and funding organizations, focused on assessing
the state of the science, increasing awareness and understanding of the
association between violence against women and reproductive health, and
laying the groundwork for future research and action. The commentaries and
research papers in this issue reflect much of the thinking that came from
that conference and the work that followed it. The abstracts from the 10
papers included in this special issue are posted here. Source: Maternal
and Child Health Journal, Vol. 4, No. 2, June 2000.
Family and Intimate Violence
Links to the Family and Intimate Violence Prevention Web page for the National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control, CDC.
Screen
Show on Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy: A Guide for Clinicians
The Screen Show on Intimate Partner Violence During
Pregnancy is a training tool for clinicians designed by the American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This tool will increase clinicians'
understanding of the important role they can play to identify, prevent,
and reduce intimate partner violence. Prenatal care provides a critical
window of opportunity to screen and refer pregnant women. The content of
the screen show is enriched by supporting materials that include a
bibliography, references to several widely used protocols for screening,
and organization resource lists.
Unintended Pregnancy Among Adult Women Exposed to
Abuse or Household Dysfunction During Their Childhood *
Studies have identified childhood sexual and physical
abuse as a risk factor for adolescent pregnancy but the relationship
between exposure to childhood abuse and unintended pregnancy in
adulthood has, to our knowledge, not been studied. The objective of this
study was to assess whether unintended pregnancy during adulthood is
associated with exposure to psychological, physical, or sexual abuse or
household dysfunction during childhood. The study indicates that there
may be a dose-response association between exposure to childhood abuse
or household dysfunction and unintended first pregnancy in adulthood.
Additional research is needed to fully understand the causal pathway of
this association. Source: JAMA. 1999;282:1359-1364.
National violence against women
survey |
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Summarizes the results of a national survey on men's
and women's experiences with violence. This second Research in Brief on the survey is
issued jointly by the National Institute of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and provides data on the prevalence and incidence of rape, physical
assault, and stalking; the prevalence of male-to-female and female-to-male intimate
partner violence; the prevalence of rape and physical assault among women of different
racial and ethnic backgrounds; the rate of injury among rape and physical assault victims;
and injured victims' use of medical services.
Key scientific issues for
research on violence occurring around the time of pregnancy |
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This report summarizes the collective recommendations
resulting from a May 1997 CDC meeting on pregnancy-related violence. The overall goal of
the May 1997 meeting was to obtain the input of researchers and victim-advocates on key
scientific issues related to future research involving violence around the time of
pregnancy.
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