title: NETWORK MAP OF ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS AMONG VICTIMS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE.
abstract: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious problem with devastating health consequences. Screening procedures may overlook relationships between IPV and negative health effects. To identify IPV-associated women's health issues, we mined national, aggregated de-identified electronic health record data and compared female health issues of domestic abuse (DA) versus non-DA records, identifying terms significantly more frequent for the DA group. After coding these terms into 28 broad categories, we developed a network map to determine strength of relationships between categories in the context of DA, finding that acute conditions are strongly connected to cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, gynecological, and neurological conditions among victims.
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Program, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA, kathleen.whiting@usuhs.edu.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Whiting
authors.forename: Larry Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koyutürk
authors.forename: Günnur
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karakurt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D019295:Computational Biology; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult