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Regional/Multinational
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Femicide Across Europe COST Action, a transnational cooperation network for the study of and approach to femicide in Europe.
Sanz-Barbero B, Otero-García L, Boira S, et al
Gac Sanit
. 2016 Jun 16.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Expert Opinions on Improving Femicide Data Collection across Europe: A Concept Mapping Study.
Vives-Cases C, Goicolea I, Hernández A, et al

PLoS One
. 2016 Feb 9;11(2):e0148364.
Paper

Women prisoners, mental health, violence and abuse.
Macdonald M.
Int J Law Psychiatry
. 2013 May 1
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Domestic violence against women: Definitions, epidemiology, risk factors and consequences.
Flury M, Nyberg E, Riecher-Rössler A.

Swiss Med Wkly. 2010 Sep 2;140:w13099.
Paper

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Primary care Identification and Referral to Improve Safety of women experiencing domestic violence (IRIS): protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial
Gregory A, Ramsay J, Agnew-Davies R,  et al

BMC Public Healt
h
. 2010 Feb 2;10(1):54.
Paper

 
 

Armenia
                         

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Gender Based Violence as a Risk Factor for HIV-Associated Risk Behaviors Among Female Sex Workers in Armenia
Lang DL, Salazar LF, Diclemente RJ, Markosyan K.

AIDS Behav
.
2012 Jul 4. [
Abstract

Austria
                         

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Homeless Clients Benefit From Smoking Cessation Treatment Delivered by a Homeless Persons' Program.
Segan CJ, Maddox S, Borland R.

Nicotine Tob Res
. 2015 Aug;17(8):996-1001
Abstract

Physical, sexual, and psychological violence in a gynaecological-psychosomatic outpatient sample: Prevalence and implications for mental health.
Leithner K, Assem-Hilger E,
Naderer A,  et al  
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
. 2009 Apr 4

Abstract

 

Belgium
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Is a Health Interview Survey an appropriate tool to assess domestic violence?
Drieskens S, Demarest S, D'Hoker N, et al

E
ur J Public Health
. 2017 Jun 14.
Abstract

Domestic violence during pregnancy: survey of patients and healthcare providers.
Jeanjot I, Barlow P, Rozenberg S.  

J Womens Health
(Larchmt). 2008 May;17(4):557-67.
Abstract


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A knowledge, attitudes, and practice survey among obstetrician-gynaecologists on intimate partner violence in Flanders, Belgium.
Roelens K, Verstraelen H, Van Egmond K, Temmerman M
BMC Public Health. 2006 Sep 26;6(1):238

Paper
 

Bosnia
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
The Laws Have Changed, But What About the Police? Policing Domestic Violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Muftić LR, Cruze JR.

Violence Against Women
. 2014 Jul 10;20(6):695-715
Abstract

Adjustment to trauma exposure in refugee, displaced, and non-displaced Bosnian women.
Schmidt M, Kravic N, Ehlert U.
Arch Womens Ment Health. 2008 Sep;11(4):269-76.
Abstract

 

Cyprus
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Date rape among Cypriot female college students: an explorative study
Kouta C, Tolma EL, Pavlou SE
.
Glob Health Promot
. 2013 Sep;20(3):38-46.

Abstract
 

Denmark
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Discrepancy between information reported by the victims of sexual assaults and clinical forensic findings.
Scherer S, Hansen SH, Lynnerup N
.

Dan Med J
. 2014 Sep;61(9):A4899.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Barriers among Danish women and general practitioners to raising the issue of intimate partner violence in general practice: a qualitative study
Mřrk T, Andersen PT, Taket A.
BMC Womens Health
. 2014 Jun 3;14(1):74.
Paper

 

Estonia
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Intimate partner violence and sexual health outcomes: a population-based study among 16-44-year-old women in Estonia.
Laanpere M, Ringmets I, Part K, Karro H.
Eur J Public Health. 2012 Oct 23

Abstract
 

Finland
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
'I've Been Walking on Eggshells All My Life': Fibromyalgia Patients' Narratives About Experienced Violence and Abuse.
Sallinen M, Kukkurainen ML.

Musculoskeletal Care
. 2015 Jan 30
Abstract

Interventions for women exposed to acute intimate partner violence: emergency professionals' perspective.
Leppäkoski T, Paavilainen E.

J
Clin Nurs. 2013 Jan 11.
Abstract

Experiences of emergency care by the women exposed to acute physical intimate partner violence from the Finnish perspective.
Leppäkoski T, Paavilainen E, Astedt-Kurki P.
Int Emerg Nurs. 2011 Jan;19(1):27-36.
Abstract

Identification of women exposed to acute physical intimate partner violence in an emergency department setting in Finland.
Leppäkoski T, Astedt-Kurki P, Paavilainen E.

Scand J Caring Sci. 2010 May 14.
Abstract

 

France
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
The general practitioner's role in identifying and supporting female victims of violence
Lazimi G.

Rev Infirm
. 2014 Nov;205:25-7
Abstract

Health professionals all have a role to play in identifying violence."
Ronai E, Ouharzoune Y, Warnet S.
Rev Infirm. 2014 Nov;205:21-4.
Abstract

Adapting the law to offer better protection to female victims of violence
Durand É.
Rev Infirm. 2014 Nov;205:19-20.
Abstract

Violence against women: an involvement of all players.
Simon S.
Rev Infirm. 2014 Nov;205:16-8.
Abstract

Educational needs in the field of detection of domestic violence and neglect: the opinion of a population of French dentists.
Drigeard C, Nicolas E, Hansjacob A, Roger-Leroi V.
Eur J Dent Educ. 2012 Aug;16(3):156-65.
Abstract

 

Germany
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
"Passive victim - strong survivor"? Perceived meaning of labels applied to women who were raped.
Papendick M, Bohner G.
PLoS One. 2017 May 11;12(5):e0177550.
Paper

"Till Death Us Do Part": Homicide Defenses for Women in Abusive Relationships-Similar Problems-Different Responses in Germany and Australia
Braun K.
Violence Against Women
. 2016 Aug 24.
Abstract

Domestic and sexual violence against women : Implications of WHO guidelines for Germany.
Wieners K, Winterholler M.
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2015 Oct 8.
Abstract

Readiness to reconcile and post-traumatic distress in German survivors of wartime rapes in 1945.
Eichhorn S, Stammel N, Glaesmer H,  et al
Int Psychogeriatr. 2015 Jan 8:1-8.
Abstract

Experiences of health and health care among women exposed to intimate partner violence: qualitative findings from Germany.
Larsen MM, Krohn J, Püschel K, Seifert D.
Health Care Women Int
.
2014 Apr;35(4):359-79.
Abstract

"She Deserved It": Effects of Sexism Norms, Type of Violence, and Victim's Pre-Assault Behavior on Blame Attributions Toward Female Victims and Approval of the Aggressor's Behavior.
Koepke S, Eyssel F, Bohner G.
Violence Against Women. 2014 Mar 30
Abstract

Intimate partner violence against women and its related immigration stressors in Pakistani immigrant families in Germany.
Zakar R, Zakar MZ, Faist T, Kraemer A.
Springerplus. 2012 Jun 21;1:5.
Abstract

Domestic Violence against Women of a Crisis Intervention Population - Forms of Violence and Risk Factors
Nyberg E, Stieglitz RD, Flury M, Riecher-Rössler A.
Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr. 2013 Jun;81(6):331-6.
Abstract

Experiences of Health and Health Care Among Women Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: Qualitative Findings From Germany.
Larsen MM, Krohn J, Püschel K, Seifert D.
Health Care Women Int. 2012 Nov 28.
Abstract

Physical and gynecological examinations in female victims of sexual violence with special emphasis on crime-reporting behaviour
Germerott T, Bode-Jänisch S, Thali MJ.

Arch Kriminol
. 2012 Sep-Oct;230(3-4):88-98
Abstract

Costs of intimate partner violence against women : A systematic review
Niebuhr D, Salge S, Brzank P.
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2012 May;55(5):715-27.
Abstract

Intimate Partner Violence Against Older Women in Germany: Prevalence and Associated Factors.
Stöckl H, Watts C, Penhale B.
J Interpers Violence. 2012 Feb 10
Abstract

Injuries of the female genitalia in cases of sexual assault.
Schröder AS, Güzel MO, Seifert D, et al

Arch Kriminol
. 2011 Jul-Aug;228(1-2
Abstract

Factors associated with violence by a current partner in a nationally representative sample of German women.
Stöckl H, Heise L, Watts C.

Sociol Health Illn
. 2011 Apr 20
Abstract

 

Greece
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Factors Affecting Counseling Services in Social Service Structures Providing Support to Women Who Are Victims of Violence: A Qualitative Research in Greece.
Flora K, Argyroudi A.
J Interpers Violence
. 2016 Dec 4.
Abstract

A systematic review of training interventions addressing sexual violence against marginalized at-risk groups of women.
Kouta C, Pithara C, Zobnina A, et al
Health Educ Res
. 2015 Dec;30(6):971-84
Abstract

Thoracic injuries resulting from intimate partner violence.
Karangelis D, Karkos CD, Tagarakis GI,  et al

J Forensic Leg Med
. 2011 Apr;18(3):119-20
Abstract

 

Herzegovina
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
The Laws Have Changed, But What About the Police? Policing Domestic Violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Muftić LR, Cruze JR.

Violence Against Women
. 2014 Jul 10;20(6):695-715
Abstract
 

Ireland
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 

Older women living and coping with domestic violence.
Lazenbatt A, Devaney J, Gildea A.
Community Pract. 2013 Feb;86(2):28-32
Abstract

Recognizing the co-occurrence of domestic and child abuse: a comparison of community- and
 hospital-based midwives.

Lazenbatt A, Thompson-Cree ME.
Health Soc Care Community. 2009 Feb 24.
Abstract

A healthy settings framework: an evaluation and comparison of midwives' responses to addressing domestic violence.
Lazenbatt A, Taylor J, Cree L.
Midwifery. 2008 Feb 29

Abstract

 

Italy
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 

 

 

 

Violence against African migrant women living in Turin: clinical and forensic evaluation.
Castagna P, Ricciardelli R, Piazza F, et al
 
Int J Legal Med. 2018 Jan 8.
Abstract

Women victims of intentional homicide in Italy: New insights comparing Italian trends to German and U.S. trends, 2008-2014.
Terranova C, Zen M.

 
J Forensic Leg Med. 2017 Nov 28;53
Abstract

Unresolved attachment and agency in women victims of intimate partner violence: A case-control study.
Pallini S, Alfani A, Marech L, Laghi F.
Psychol Psychother. 2016 Oct 4
Abstract

Domestic violence during pregnancy: Midwives experiences.
Mauri EM, Nespoli A, Persico G, Zobbi VF.
Midwifery. 2015 Feb 12.

Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
High prevalence of symptoms in a severely abused "non-patient" women population.
Pallotta N, Piacentino D, Ciccantelli B, et al
United European Gastroenterol J. 2014 Dec;2(6):513-521
Paper

She's Not a Person . . . She's Just a Woman! Infra-Humanization and Intimate Partner Violence.
Baldry AC, Pacilli MG, Pagliaro S.
J Interpers Violence
. 2014 Jul 1.
Abstract

The case of a prosthetic limb used to cause lethal intravaginal injuries: Forensic medical aspects in a case of intimate partner violence.
Rancati A, Crudele GD, Gentile G, Zoja R.

Forensic Sci Int
. 2013 Oct 31
Abstract

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Use of emergency department services by women victims of violence in Lazio region, Italy.
Farchi S, Polo A, Asole S,  et al
BMC Womens Health. 2013 Jul 19;13(1):31
Paper

Watching Pornography: Gender Differences, Violence and Victimization. An Exploratory Study in Italy
Romito P, Beltramini L.
Violence Against Women. 2011 Oct 13
Abstract

'Violence against women: a concern in the public health.
Aguglia E, Botter V, Riolo A.
Riv Psichiatr. 2011 Mar-Apr;46(2):89-96.
Abstract

Perceived aggression towards nurses: study in two Italian health institutions.
Zampieron A, Galeazzo M, Turra S, Buja A. 

J Clin Nurs
. 2010 Aug;19(15-16):2329-41
Abstract


Kosovo
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
Domestic Violence Against Women in Kosovo: A Qualitative Study of Women's Experiences.
Kelmendi K.
J Interpers Violence. 2014 Jun 12.

Abstract

The Netherlands
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Assessment of Musculoskeletal Injuries from Domestic Violence in the Emergency Department.
Giannakopoulos GF, Reijnders UJ
.
Case Rep Emerg Med
. 2015;2015:721528.
Paper

Why abused women do not seek professional help: a qualitative study.
Prosman GJ, Lo Fo Wong SH, Lagro-Janssen AL.
Scand J Caring Sci. 2014 Mar;28(1):3-11.

Abstract

'I am stronger, I'm no longer afraid…', an evaluation of a home-visiting mentor mother support programme for abused women in primary care.
Prosman GJ, Lo Fo Wong SH, et al
Scand J Caring Sci
. 2013 Nov 20.
Abstract

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The effectiveness of critical time intervention for abused women and homeless people leaving Dutch shelters: study protocol of two randomised controlled trials.
Lako DA, de Vet R, Beijersbergen MD,  et al
BMC Public Health. 2013 Jun 6;13(1):555
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Implementing mentor mothers in family practice to support abused mothers: study protocol.
Loeffen MJ, Lo Fo Wong SH, et al

BMC Fam Prac
t
. 2011 Oct 18;12(1):113
Abstract

Prevalence of intimate partner violence among migrant and native women attending general practice and the association between intimate partner violence and depression.
Prosman GJ, Jansen SJ, Lo Fo Wong SH, Lagro-Janssen AL.

Fam Pract
. 2011 Jan 14

Abstract


Norway
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Talking about intimate partner violence in multi-cultural antenatal care: a qualitative study of pregnant women's advice for better communication in South-East Norway.
Garnweidner-Holme LM, Lukasse M, Solheim M, Henriksen L.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2017 Apr 19;17(1):123.
Paper

Adult Victimization in Female Survivors of Childhood Violence and Abuse: The Contribution of Multiple Types of Violence.
Aakvaag HF, Thoresen S, Wentzel-Larsen T, Dyb G.
Violence Against Women
. 2016 Aug 30.
Abstract

Psychosocial Vulnerability Among Patients Contacting a Norwegian Sexual Assault Center.
Vik BF, Nöttestad JA, Schei B,  et al

J Interpers Violence
. 2016 Jul 22
Abstract

Lethal intimate partner violence: an interactional perspective on women's perceptions of lethal incidents.
Vatnar SK, Bjřrkly S.

Violence Vict
. 2013;28(5):772-89.
Abstract

Intimate Partner Violence and Cardiovascular Risk in Women: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
Stene LE, Jacobsen GW, Dyb G, et al 
J Womens Health
(Larchmt)
. 2013 Feb 21.
Abstract

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Intimate partner violence and prescription of potentially addictive drugs: prospective cohort study of women in the Oslo Health Study.
Stene LE, Dyb G, Tverdal A, Jacobsen GW, Schei B.
BMJ Open. 2012 Apr 5;2(2):e000614
Paper

Sexual assault and other types of violence in intimate partner relationships.
Alsaker K, Morken T, Baste V, et al

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scan
d
. 2011 Dec 14.
Abstract


Poland
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
Experiences with dating aggression and sexual coercion among polish college students.
Doroszewicz K, Forbes GB.  
J Interpers Violence. 2008 Jan;23(1):58-73.

Abstract

Portugal
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
Cortisol awakening response among women exposed to intimate partner violence.
Pinto RJ, Correia-Santos P, Costa-Leite J, et al
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2016 Aug 25;74:57-64.
Abstract

Health Conditions Prior to Imprisonment and the Impact of Prison on Health: Views of Detained Women.
Alves J, Maia Â, Teixeira F.

Qual Health Res
. 2015 Dec 1.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Women survivors of intimate partner violence: the difficult transition to independence.
Leităo MN.
Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2014 Aug;48 Spec No:7-15. 
Paper

Fatal intimate partner violence against women in Portugal: a forensic medical national study.
Pereira AR, Vieira DN, Magalhăes T.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2013 Nov;20(8):1099-107.
Abstract

The sexual functioning profile of a nonforensic sample of individuals reporting sexual aggression against women.
Carvalho J, Quinta-Gomes A, Nobre PJ.
J Sex Med. 2013 Jul;10(7):1744-54.

Abstract


Serbia
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Factors associated with intimate partner violence against women in Serbia: a cross-sectional study.
Djikanovic B, Jansen HA, Otasevic S.

J Epidemiol Community Health
. 2010 Aug;64(8):728-35.
Abstract

Health professionals' perceptions of intimate partner violence against women in Serbia: Opportunities and barriers for response improvement.
Djikanovic B, Celik H, Simic S, et al
Patient Educ Couns. 2009 Oct 20.
Abstract

Factors associated with intimate partner violence against women in Serbia:a cross-sectional study.
Djikanovic B, Jansen HA, Otasevic S.
 
J Epidemiol Community Health
. 2009 Aug 24.
Abstract

Violence, dignity and HIV vulnerability: street sex work in Serbia.
Simić M, Rhodes T. 

Sociol Health Illn
. 2009 Jan;31(1):1-16.
Abstract


Slovakia
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  The Struggle to Address Woman Battering in Slovakia: Stories From Service Providers.
Miller SL, Wasileski G.
Violence Against Women
. 2015 Apr 6
Abstract
 

Slovenia
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
How many Slovenian family practice attendees are victims of intimate partner violence? A re-evaluation cross-sectional study report.
Selic P, Svab I, Gucek NK.
BMC Public Health. 2013 Aug 1;13:703.
Paper
 

Spain
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Intimate partner violence among health professionals: distribution by autonomous communities in Spain.
Carmona-Torres JM, Recio-Andrade B, Rodríguez-Borrego MA.

Rev Esc Enferm USP
. 2017;51:e0325
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Priorities and strategies for improving Roma women's access to primary health care services in cases on intimate partner violence: a concept mapping study.

Vives-Cases C, Goicolea I, Hernández A, et al

Int J Equity Health
. 2017 Jun 7;16(1):96.
Paper

Help-Seeking Behavior Among Moroccan, Romanian, and Ecuadorian Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence in Spain.
Vives-Cases C, La Parra D
.
Violence Vict. 2017 May 17
Abstract

Alcohol and psychotropic substance use in female Spanish victims of intimate partner violence.
Crespo M, Soberón C, Fernández-Lansac V, Gómez-Gutiérrez MM.
Psicothema
. 2017 May;29(2):191-196
Abstract

The Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence on Health: A Further Disaggregation of Psychological Violence-Evidence From Spai.
Domenech Del Rio I, Sirvent Ganrcia Del Valle E.
Violence Against Women
. 2016 Oct 11
Abstract

Breaking the Silence at Spanish Universities: Findings From the First Study of Violence Against Women on Campuses in Spain.
Valls R, Puigvert L, Melgar P, Garcia-Yeste C.
Violence Against Women. 2016 Jan 29
Abstract

Intimate partner violence against women in Spain: A medico-legal and criminological study.
Regueira-Diéguez A, Pérez-Rivas N, Muńoz-Barús JI,
et al
J Forensic Leg Med
. 2015 Aug;34:119-26.
Abstract

Therapeutic Progression in Abused Women Following a Drug-Addiction Treatment Program.
Fernández-Montalvo J, López-Gońi JJ,  et al

J Interpers Violence
. 2015 Jun 30.
Abstract

Building Resilience: A Qualitative Study of Spanish Women Who Have Suffered Intimate Partner Violence.
López-Fuentes I, Calvete E.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2015 May 25
Abstract

Violence against young women attending primary care services in Spain: prevalence and health consequences.
Martín-Baena D, Montero-Pińar I, Escribŕ-Agüir V, Vives-Cases C.
Fam Pract. 2015 May 14
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Health-related quality of life of Latin-American immigrants and spanish-born attended in Spanish primary health care: socio-demographic and psychosocial factors.
Salinero-Fort MÁ, Gómez-Campelo P, Bragado-Alvárez C,  et al
PLoS One. 2015 Apr 2;10(4):e0122318
Paper

Intimate partner violence among women in Spain: the impact of regional-level male unemployment and income inequality
Sanz-Barbero B, Vives-Cases C, Otero-García L,
Eur J Public Health. 2015 Mar 18
Abstract

The efficacy of cognitive behavioural therapy and advocacy interventions for women who have experienced intimate partner violence: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Tirado-Muńoz J, Gilchrist G, Farré M, et al
Ann Med. 2014 Dec;46(8):567-86
Abstract

Prevalence and characteristics of intimate partner violence against women with severe mental illness: a prevalence study in Spain.
González Cases J, Polo Usaola C, González Aguado F,
Community Ment Health J. 2014 Oct;50(7):841-7.
Abstract

Are women with a history of abuse more vulnerable to perinatal depressive symptoms? A systematic review.
Alvarez-Segura M, Garcia-Esteve L, Torres A, Plaza A,
Arch Womens Ment Health. 2014 Oct;17(5):343-57.
Abstract

Barriers and facilitators to effective coverage of Intimate Partner Violence services for immigrant women in Spain.
Briones-Vozmediano E, La Parra D, Vives-Cases C.
Health Expect. 2014 Oct 13.
Abstract

Types of Adolescent Male Dating Violence Against Women, Self-Esteem, and Justification of Dominance and Aggression.
Diaz-Aguado MJ, Martinez R.
J Interpers Violence. 2014 Oct 17
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Economic crisis, immigrant women and changing availability of intimate partner violence services: a qualitative study of professionals' perceptions in Spain.
Briones-Vozmediano E, Agudelo-Suarez AA, Goicolea I, Vives-Cases C.
Int J Equity Health. 2014 Sep 10;13(1):79
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Trends in public health policies addressing violence against women.
Loría KR, Rosado TG, Espinosa LM,  et al
Rev Saude Publica. 2014 Aug;48(4):613-21.

Paper

Attributions of blame to battered women when they are perceived as feminists or as "difficult to deal with".
Vidal-Fernández A, Megías JL.
Span J Psychol. 2014 Jan;17:E21
Abstract

Correlates of victim-blaming attitudes regarding partner violence against women among the Spanish general population.
Gracia E, Tomás JM.
Violence Against Women. 2014 Jan;20(1):26-41
Abstract

   

Sweden
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Breastfeeding in the context of domestic violence - a cross sectional study.
Finnbogadóttir H, Thies-Lagergren L.

J Adv Nurs
. 2017 May 17.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Prevalence of intimate partner violence and its association with symptoms of depression; a cross-sectional study based on a female population sample in Sweden.
Lövestad S, Löve J, Vaez M, Krantz G.
BMC Public Health
. 2017 Apr 20;17(1):335
Paper

Experiences of self-injury and aggression among women admitted to forensic psychiatric care.
Selenius H, Strand S.
Nord J Psychiatry
. 2017 Feb 2:1-8.
Abstract

Increased Risk of Mortality Due to Interpersonal Violence in Foreign-Born Women of Reproductive Age: A Swedish Register-Based Study.
Fernbrant C, Essén B, Esscher A, et al
Violence Against Women. 2016 Jan 8.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Violence victimisation-a watershed for young women's mental and physical health.
Palm A, Danielsson I, Skalkidou A, et al

Eur J Public Health
. 2016 Jan 7.
Paper

Facets of Male Violence Against Women With Substance Abuse Problems: Women With a Residence and Homeless Women.
Beijer U, Scheffel Birath C,
J Interpers Violence
. 2015 Dec 4.
Abstract

The life course of women who have experienced abuse - a life chart study in general psychiatric care.
Ormon K, Torstensson-Levander M, Bahtsevani C, Sunnqvist C.

J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs
. 2014 Oct 14.
Abstract

Intimate partner violence and poor mental health among Thai women residing in Sweden.
Fernbrant C, Emmelin M, Essén B, et a
l
Glob Health Action
. 2014 Sep 16;7:24991.
Abstract

Living in Danger: Previous Violence, Socioeconomic Position, and Mortality Risk among Women over a 10-Year Period.
Trygged S, Hedlund E, Kĺreholt I.

Soc Work Public Health
. 2014 Feb 23;29(2):114-20
Abstract

Beaten and poor? A study of the long-term economic situation of women victims of severe violence.
Trygged S, Hedlund E, Kĺreholt I.

Soc Work Public Health
.
2014 Feb 23;29(2):100-13.
Abstract

The duality of suffering and trust: abused women's experiences of general psychiatric care - an interview study.
Ormon K, Torstensson-Levander M, Sunnqvist C, Bahtsevani C.
J Clin Nurs. 2013 Dec 26
Abstract

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Between desire and rape - narratives about being intimate partners and becoming pregnant in a violent relationship.
Edin K, Nilsson B.

Glob Health Action
. 2013 Dec 5;6:20984
Paper

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Intimate partner violence and help-seeking -- a cross-sectional study of women in Sweden
Dufort M, Gumpert CH, Stenbacka M.

BMC Public Health. 2013 Sep 21;13(1):866
Paper

When Does Intimate Partner Violence Continue After Separation?
Ornstein P, Rickne J.

Violence Against Women
. 2013 Jun 5.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Psychometric properties of the WHO Violence Against Women instrument in a male population-based sample in Sweden.
Nybergh L, Taft C, Krantz G.
BMJ Open
. 2012 Nov 27;2(6).
Paper

Patterns of Injury and Reported Violence Depending on Relationship to Assailant in Female Swedish Sexual Assault Victims.
Möller AS, Bäckström T, Söndergaard HP, Helström L
.
J Interpers Violence
. 2012 May 14.
Abstract


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Screening for Intimate Partner Violence against Women in Healthcare Sweden: Prevalence and Determinants.
Lawoko S, Sanz S, Helström L, Castren M.
ISRN Nurs. 2011;2011:510692.
Paper

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Nurses' preparedness to care for women exposed to Intimate partner violence: a quantitative study in primary
health care
.
Sundborg EM, Saleh Stattin N, et al

BMC Nurs. 2012 Jan 10;11(1):1
Paper

Perceived threat of violence and exposure to physical violence against foreign-born women: a Swedish population-based study.
Fernbrant C, Essén B, Ostergren PO, Cantor-Graae E.
Womens Health Issues. 2011 May-Jun;21(3):206-13.
Abstract

"A fool to keep staying": battered women labeling themselves stupid as an expression of gendered shame.
Enander V.

Violence Against Women
. 2010 Jan;16(1):5-31.
Abstract

Economic crisis, immigrant women and changing availability of intimate partner violence services: a qualitative study of professionals' perceptions in Spain.
Briones-Vozmediano E, Agudelo-Suarez AA, Goicolea I, Vives-Cases C.
Int J Equity Health. 2014 Sep 10;13(1):79
Abstract


Switzerland
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Effects of interpersonal violence-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on mother and child diurnal cortisol rhythm and cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor involving separation.
Cordero MI, Moser DA, Manini A, Suardi F, et al 
Horm Behav
. 2017 Feb 8.
Abstract

Autonomic functioning in mothers with interpersonal violence-related posttraumatic stress disorder in response to separation-reunion.
Schechter DS, Moser DA, et al
Dev Psychobiol. 2013 Jun 11.
Abstract


Turkey
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 

Femicide: Psychosocial Characteristics of the Perpetrators in Turkey.
Tosun Altınöz Ş, Altınöz AE, Utku Ç, et al 
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2018 Mar 1:306624X18763765.
Abstract

The association of experience of violence and somatization, depression, and alexithymia: a sample of women with medically unexplained symptoms in Turkey.
Anuk D, Bahadır G  .
Arch Womens Ment Health
.
2017 Jul 27
Abstract

Attitudes of University Students Towards Domestic Violence Against Women.
Aktaş D.
Clin Invest Med. 2016 Dec 1;39(6):27523.
Abstract

Domestic Violence Against Women In Turkey: A Systematic Review And Meta Analysis.
Özcan NK, Günaydın S, Çitil ET. et al
Arch Psychiatr Nurs
. 2016 Oct;30(5):620-9.
Abstract

Exploring revictimization process among Turkish women: The role of early maladaptive schemas on the link between child abuse and partner violence.
Atmaca S, Gençöz T.

Child Abuse Negl
. 2016 Jan 28;52:85-93.
Abstract

Factors affecting the views and experiences of women living in the city centre of Manisa, Turkey, regarding domestic violence.
[No authors listed] 

Aust J Prim Health
. 2015 Sep 21.
Abstract

Risk factors for violence against women by intimate partners in Sakarya, Turkey.
Ağçay G, Yildiz Inanici S, et al

J Forensic Leg Med
. 2015 Sep 2;36:37-42.
Abstract

Analysis and comparison of domestic femicide cases in the cities of Diyarbakir & Tekirdag, Turkey: A preliminary study.
Yilmaz E, Kumral B, Canturk N,
 rt al
J Forensic Leg Med
. 2015 Aug;34:17-23.
Abstract

Prediction of domestic violence against married women in southwestern Turkey.
Izmirli GO, Sonmez Y, Sezik M
.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
. 2014 Jul 24.
Abstract

Association between domestic violence and miscarriage: A population based cross-sectional study among women of childbearing ages, Sivas-Turkey.
Nur N

Women Health
. 2014 May 2

Abstract

Domestic Sexual Abuse -Violence and Sexual Problems among Gynecology Outpatients: An Example from Turkey.
Ipekten Alaman M , Yıldız H  
Women Health. 2014 May 2.
Abstract

An analysis of the murder of women in a 10-year period in Eskişehir Province located in western Anatolia in Turkey.
Karbeyaz K, Akkaya H, Balci Y.

J Forensic Leg Med
. 2013 Aug;20(6):736-9
Abstract

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Psychosocial factors affecting various types of intimate partner violence against women
Güleç Öyekçin D, Yetim D, Melih Şahin E.
Turk Psikiyatri Derg
. 2012 Summer;23(2):75-81.
Paper

What Puts Women at Risk of Violence From Their Husbands? Findings From a Large, Nationally Representative Survey in Turkey.
Yüksel-Kaptanoglu I, Türkyilmaz AS, Heise L.

J Interpers Violence
. 2012 Apr 4.
Abstract


United Kingdom
                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
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Maternity care for trafficked women: Survivor experiences and clinicians' perspectives in the United Kingdom's National Health Service.
Bick D, Howard LM, Oram S, Zimmerman C.et al
PLoS One
. 2017 Nov 22;12(11):e0187856.
Paper

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Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Female Victims of Trafficking Using Narrative Exposure Therapy: A Retrospective Audit.
Robjant K, Roberts J, Katona C.
Front Psychiatry. 2017 Jun 1;8:63

Paper

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Qualitative study to explore the health and well-being impacts on adults providing informal support to female domestic violence survivors.
Gregory A, Feder G, Taket A, Williamson E.
BMJ Open. 2017 Mar 24;7(3):e014511.
Paper

Domestic violence and mental health: a cross-sectional survey of women seeking help from domestic violence support services.
Ferrari G, Agnew-Davies R, Bailey J, et al
Glob Health Action. 2016 Jan;9(1):29890
Abstract

First contact- acute stress reactions and experiences of emergency department consultations following an incident of intimate partner violence
Olive P.
J Clin Nurs. 2016 Jul 27
Abstract

Identifying and responding to gaps in domestic abuse services for older women.
Shiel R.
Nurs Older People. 2016 Jun 29;28(6):22-6.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
A qualitative study exploring midlife women's stages of change from domestic violence towards freedom.
Keeling J, Smith D, Fisher C. 

BMC Womens Health
. 2016 Mar 8;16(1):13.
Paper

Psychopathy in women: Prediction of criminality and violence in UK and USA psychiatric patients resident in the community.
Gray NS, Snowden RJ.
Psychiatry Res
. 2016 Jan 7.
Abstract

Hidden Voices: Disabled Women's Experiences of Violence and Support Over the Life Course.
Shah S, Tsitsou L, Woodin S.

Violence Against Women
. 2016 Jan 13
Abstract

Reducing symbolic-violence in the research encounter: collaborating with a survivor of domestic abuse in a qualitative study in UK primary care.
Malpass A, Sales K, Feder G.

Sociol Health Illn
. 2015 Sep 24.
Abstract

Screening women for intimate partner violence in healthcare settings.
O'Doherty L, Hegarty K, Ramsay J,
et al 
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
. 2015 Jul 22;7:CD007007
Abstract

A Moral Panic? The Problematization of Forced Marriage in British Newspapers.
Anitha S, Gill AK.

Violence Against Women
. 2015 Jul 2.
Abstract

Attrition and Rape Case Characteristics: A Profile and Comparison of Female Sex Workers and Non-Sex Workers.
Lea SJ, Callaghan L, Grafton I, et al
J Interpers Violence. 2015 Feb 26
Abstract

Help-seeking amongst women survivors of domestic violence: a qualitative study of pathways towards formal and informal support.
Evans MA, Feder GS.
Health Expect
. 2015 Jan 2.
Abstract

A comparative study of the prevalence of domestic violence in women requesting a termination of pregnancy and those attending the antenatal clinic.
Wokoma T, Jampala M, Bexhell H,  et al

BJOG
. 2014 Apr;121(5):627-33.

Abstract

Women's experiences of referral to a domestic violence advocate in UK primary care settings: a service-user collaborative study.
Malpass A, Sales K, Johnson M,
 et al
Br J Gen Pract
. 2014 Mar;64(620):e151-8.
Abstract

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Violence, mental health and violence risk factors among women in the general population: an0020epidemiology study based on two national household surveys in the UK.
Yang M, Wong SC, Coid JW.
BMC Public Health. 2013 Oct 29;13(1):1020.
Paper

Abuse, Danger, and Security in Transnational Marriages: Polity and Community in India and the United Kingdom.
Stewart A.
Violence Against Women. 2013 Oct 7.
Abstract

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Intimate partner violence and Musculoskeletal injury: bridging the knowledge gap in Orthopaedic fracture clinics.
Sprague S, Madden K, Dosanjh S,  et al

BMC Musculoskelet Disord
. 2013 Jan 15;14(1):23.
Paper

Intimate partner violence in women living with HIV attending an inner city clinic in the UK: prevalence and associated factors.
Dhairyawan R, Tariq S, Scourse R, Coyne K. 
HIV Med. 2012 Dec 6.
Abstract

Domestic violence: knowledge, attitudes, and clinical practice of selected UK primary healthcare clinicians.
Ramsay J, Rutterford C, Gregory A, Dunne D,  et al
Br J Gen Pract
. 2012 Sep;62(602):647-
Abstract

Women's Early Relational Experiences That Lead to Domestic Violence.
Keeling J, Fisher C
.
Qual Health Res
. 2012 Aug 21
Abstract

Young women's accounts of intimate partner violence during adolescence and subsequent recovery processes: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.
Reynolds F, Shepherd C.

 Psychol Psychother
. 2011 Sep;84(3):314-34.
Abstract

The lived experience of women victims of intimate partner violence.
Loke AY, Wan ML, Hayter M. 
J Clin Nurs
. 2012 Aug;21(15-16):2336
Abstract

Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (IRIS) of women experiencing domestic violence with a primary care training and support programme: a cluster randomised controlled trial.
Feder G, Davies RA, Baird K, et al

Lancet
. 2011 Oct 12
Abstract

Self harm and domestic violence.
[No authors listed]
Emerg Nurse. 2003 Oct 1;11(6):7.
Abstract

 


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