BMJ 2002;324:253-254 ( 2 February )

Editorials

Preventing domestic violence

Most women welcome inquiries, but doctors and nurses rarely ask about it

Papers pp 271, 274

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Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, or psychological. Physical and sexual violence by an intimate partner are common problems, affecting 20-50% of women at some stage in life in most populations surveyed globally.¹ Between 3% and 50% of women have experienced it in the past year.¹ Domestic violence has a profound impact on the physical and mental health of those who experience it. As well as injuries, it is associated with an increased risk of a range of physical and mental health problems and is an important cause of mortality from injuries and suicide.²

Review of international literature on risk of domestic violence shows that although it is greatest in relationships and communities where the use of violence in many situations is normative, notably when witnessed in childhood, it is substantially a product of gender inequality and the lesser status of women compared with men in society.³ Except for poverty, . . . [Full text of this article]

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