Pregnancy-associated violent deaths: the role of intimate partner violence.  

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Macy, Rebecca J. ; Martin, Sandra L. ; Sullivan, Kristen ; Magee, Melissa L.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Trauma, Violence, & Abuse vol. 8 no. 2 (Apr. 2007), page 135.
Topik: Domestic Violence; femicide; homicide; Intimate p|domestic violence; femicide; homicide; intimate partner violence; postpartum; pregnancy; suicide; womendomestic violence; femicide; homicide; intimate partner violence; postpartum; Pregnancy; suicide; women; Partner Violence; postpartum; Pregnancy; Suicide; Women
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This literature review examines intimate partner violence in relation to pregnancyassociated femicide and suicide. Empirical publications were eligible for review if they included information on intimate partner violence and examined females who were pregnant/postpartum and who were victims of femicide/attempted femicide and/or suicide/attempted suicide. Nine publications met the inclusion criteria and were reviewed. Results suggest that intimate partners perpetrate one- to two-thirds of the pregnancy-associated femicides in the United States and that pregnant women make up 5% of urban intimate partner femicides. Intimate partner abuse during pregnancy appears to be a risk factor for severe intimate partner violence, including attempted/completed femicide. So little information exists concerning intimate partner violence in pregnancy-associated suicides that it is impossible to draw conclusions regarding this topic; however, a hospitalbased study suggests that intimate partner violence may be a risk factor for attempting suicide while pregnant. More research is needed concerning intimate partner pregnancy-associated femicide and suicide so that evidenced-based preventive/therapeutic interventions may be developed.

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