Domestic Violence: A Public Health Crisis

Chambliss, Linda R.

doi:10.1097/00003081-199709000-00022

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“…1 According to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the costs of intimate partner rape, physical assault, and stalking are more than 5.8 billion dollars/ y. The majority of the costs (4.1 billion) are for direct medical care and mental health treatment.…”

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“…32,33 For many women, assaults are more commonly directed in an area covered by a 1 piece bathing suit. 1,34 McFarlane et al 35 Whatever the prevalence, it is clear that IPV in pregnancy is more common than many conditions for which we offer routine screens. IPV is at least as common as either pre-eclampsia or diabetes and more common than an abnormal serum screen, the risk of aneuploidy in advanced age, the chance that the patient is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive, or that she has an abnormal pap smear.…”

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“…Abused women are more likely to attempt suicide. 1 IPV can result in direct fetal injury or death. There are multiple case reports of IPV in pregnancy and trauma that fractured a fetal skull or penetrating stab wounds to the uterus that result in a fetal demise or the death of the fetus as a result of a maternal death.…”

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“…The battered woman syndrome is a constellation of symptoms occurring in a woman who has experienced deliberate and severe injury inflicted by an intimate partner on at least 3 occasions. 1 IPV is the preferred term as it more likely reflects the reality of the myriad of possible partners and relationships. Older terms such as ''wife beating'' do not accurately describe violence between dating couples, cohabitating unmarried heterosexuals, or same sex partners.…”

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Intimate Partner Violence and its Implication for Pregnancy

Chambliss

2008

Clinical Obstetrics &Amp; Gynecology

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a common occurrence in pregnancy and results in an increased risk of adverse outcomes. Homicide may be the most common cause of maternal death. Women who are pregnant and the victims of IPV have high rates of stress, are more likely to smoke or use other drugs, deliver a preterm or low birth weight infant, have an increase in infectious complications, and are less likely to obtain prenatal care. The IPV continues in the postpartum period. Adolescents may be at even higher risk than their adult counterparts. Children raised in violent homes have both immediate and life long adverse health outcomes as a result of their exposure to IPV. IPV adds substantially to healthcare costs both for direct services to treat the injuries and higher utilization of a wide range of healthcare services. Healthcare providers, particularly those who care for pregnant women, are in a unique position to identify these women and direct them and their families to the help they need to end the violence in their lives.

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Intimate Partner Violence and its Implication for Pregnancy

Chambliss

2008

Clinical Obstetrics &Amp; Gynecology

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“…DV may be a trigger for maternal depression; the prevalence of depression has been shown to be four times higher in pregnant women exposed to DV than in women not exposed 20. Maternal depression in the postnatal period also predicts impaired infant development with respect to intelligence and psychology 21.…”

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