New research published in The Lancet estimates that over one in four women have experienced domestic violence within their lifetime. Using data from the World Health Organisation Global Database on the Prevalence of Violence ...
Feb 17, 2022
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Research on women's violence exposure is timely as the COVID pandemic has elevated rates of intimate partner violence and child abuse. A new study shows that a woman's collective violence exposure—consisting of her own ...
Feb 16, 2022
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Illness, grief, job loss, social isolation, uncertainty, and other pandemic-driven stressors have contributed to an increase in psychological distress on an unusually wide scale. As researchers and clinicians continue to ...
Jan 4, 2022
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Pharmacies could play a crucial role in identifying and referring victims of domestic and sexual violence and abuse to specialist services but need ongoing training, support and adequate funding to do so, according to researchers ...
Nov 26, 2021
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Among a group of American Indian and Alaska Native women interviewed, almost half (45%) reported experiencing reproductive coercion in their lifetime. Intimate partner violence and sexual violence contribute to a disproportionately ...
Nov 10, 2021
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An estimated 50 sexual assaults occur nationally every week in Australian residential aged care facilities. Despite this shocking figure, none of the Aged Care Royal Commission's 148 recommendations released earlier this ...
Oct 18, 2021
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It is generally accepted in the medical industry that adverse psychosocial factors are linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD). A new study used quantitative meta-analysis, a type of statistical analysis that combines results ...
Sep 22, 2021
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Traumatic experiences, including sexual violence, have been linked to poor mental and cardiovascular health in women as they age. A new study suggests they may also be linked to indicators of cerebrovascular risk that may ...
Sep 22, 2021
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Twenty years after the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States, survivors still suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder—PTSD—a condition that New York researchers will attempt to control through bioelectronic medicine, ...
A procedure that uses written questions to identify visitors to youth clinics who have experienced or risk experiencing sexually transmitted infections, unplanned pregnancy or sexual violence is receiving high praise from ...
Sep 9, 2021
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