Why intimate partner violence is an under-recognised public health crisis in India

Explore the hidden health impacts of intimate partner violence in India and the urgent need for systemic change in healthcare ...
Medical Dialogues

Intimate Partner Violence Injury Patterns Linked with Suicidal Behavior: Study

Victims of intimate partner violence with suicidal behavior have characteristic injury patterns on medical imaging, according to a new study presented at the annual meeting of the ...
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Maryland pioneers early-intervention hotline to curb domestic violence

Incidents of domestic violence can surge around the holidays, and Maryland is now the first in the nation to offer a hotline ...

RCMP was investigating alleged intimate partner violence before BC woman's death, says IIO

The Independent Investigations Office says it is investigating the death of a woman in Merritt, B.C., after an advocacy group ...
Kaleido Scope

The pandemic is increasing intimate partner violence. Here is how health care providers can help.

According the American Journal of Emergency Medicine, domestic violence cases increased by 25-33 percent globally in 2020. At the local level, domestic violence calls in Jefferson County increased by ...

Federal Earned Income Tax Credit has unexpected result, researchers say—it decreases domestic violence

Fifty years since the federal earned income tax credit went into effect and a team of researchers from UConn and City ...
KRWG

NM Coalition Against Domestic Violence among nonprofits asking for state funding

Susan Morée speaks with MaryEllen Garcia, executive director of NMCADV about the organizations funding needs and the prevalence of domestic violence in the state.
Medscape

Neurobehavioral Symptoms Linger After Intimate Partner Violence Strangulation

Strangulation is common during violence by an intimate partner and linked to long-term neurobehavioral symptoms, traumatic ...
Yakima Herald

Tool to help domestic violence survivors is working in Yakima, expert says

Patrick Brady, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, researched did and joined Yakima ...
BMJ Global Health

Intimate partner violence trajectories over a 1-year period in a population-based cohort of women in Kenya: associations with individual and community normative factors

Introduction The global evidence base on intimate partner violence (IPV) prevalence and risk factors is predominantly cross-sectional, limiting clarity in changes over time. Prospective cohort data ...

Intimate partner violence is an ‘epidemic.’ What more should be done?

Intimate partner violence in Canada increased overall by 13 per cent between 2018 and 2023. But those aged 25 to 64 saw it ...
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Police watchdog looking into death of B.C. woman in intimate partner violence case

British Columbia's police watchdog agency is investigating the death of a woman in the province's Interior earlier this month ...