History of domestic violence and physical health in midlife

Title: History of domestic violence and physical health in midlife
Creator: Loxton, Deborah; Schofield, Margot; Hussain, Raffat; Mishra, Gita
Relation: Violence Against Women Vol. 12, Issue 8, p. 715-731
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801206291483
Publisher: Sage
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2006
Description: The association between domestic violence and physical health in middle-aged Australian women is investigated via a cross-sectional survey of 14,100 women (45 to 50 years old) who responded to the first Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health survey. After adjustment for demographic and health behavior characteristics and menopause status in multivariate analyses, various physical conditions (allergies or breathing problems, pain or fatigue, bowel problems, vaginal discharge, eyesight and hearing problems, low iron, asthma, bronchitis or emphysema, cervical cancer) were associated with domestic violence. The results highlight the link between health and domestic violence in middle-aged women and underscore the need for health professionals to take a full social history from women presenting with physical symptoms.
Subject: domestic violence; intimate partner violence; women's health
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/26878
Identifier: uon:1178
Identifier: ISSN:1077-8012
Language: eng
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