Categories and health impacts of intimate partner violence in the World Health Organization multi-country study on women ’s health and domestic violence

ConclusionsUnderstanding the prevalence and health impact of different forms and categories of IPV is crucial to risk assessment, tailoring responses to individuals and planning services. Previous analyses that focused on singular forms of IPV likely underestimated the more harmful impacts of combined forms of abuse.
Source: International Journal of Epidemiology - Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research