title: Violent injuries among women in an urban area.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Grisso
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hirschinger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sammel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brensinger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Santanna
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bethel
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Teeple
mesh_terms: 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