Violent injuries among women in an urban area.
The national statistics are familiar by now: each year, more than 2 million women are raped and/or physically assaulted; more than one-third of them are injured during their most recent assault. Annually, more than 500,000 women seek medical services as a result of violence-related injuries, often from hospital emergency departments. But national statistics cannot fully capture the extent of violence experienced by women in inner-city areas, nor do they point to modifiable risk factors at a community level. This Issue Brief highlights a new study that investigates the circumstances and correlates of violent injuries among women in one urban, low-income community.
Grisso
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JA
University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Schwarz
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Hirschinger
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N
Sammel
M
M
Brensinger
C
C
Santanna
J
J
Lowe
R A
RA
Anderson
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E
Shaw
L M
LM
Bethel
C A
CA
Teeple
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L
D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015143:Philadelphia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014932:Women's Health Services; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology