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     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  An assessment of health sector guidelines and services for treatment of sexual violence in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
McNaughton Reyes HL, Billings DL,  et al R
eprod Health Matters
. 2012 Dec;20(40):83-93.
Abstract

The critical path of women affected by family violence in latin america: case
studies from 10 countries.

Sagot M. 
Violence Against Women. 2005 Oct;11(10):1292-318
Abstract
 


Argentina
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Violence as a Barrier for HIV Prevention among Female Sex Workers in Argentina.
Pando MA, Coloccini RS, Reynaga E,  et
al  
PLoS One
. 2013;8(1):e54147.
Paper

   Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 

  Challenges to including violence against women and girls in the HIV/AIDS national response
M. Bianco
(XX  International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 

Belize
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Clinical and psychopathological profile of women victims of psychological partner violence.
Lamy C, Dubois F, Jaafari N, et al 

Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique
. 2009 Jun 11
Abstract

Bolivia
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  "My Partner Will Change": Cognitive Distortion in Battered Women in Bolivia.
Heim EM, Trujillo Tapia L,

J Interpers Violence
. 2015 Dec 2
Abstract

Prevalence and correlates of physical, psychological, and sexual intimate partner violence in Bolivia.
Meekers D, Pallin SC, Hutchinson P.
Glob Public Health
. 2013 Mar 27
Abstract

Maternal syphilis and intimate partner violence in Bolivia: a gender-based analysis of
implications for partner notification and universal screening.

Díaz-Olavarrieta C, García SG, Feldman BS  

Sex Transm Dis. 2007 J
ul;34(7 Suppl):S42-6.

Abstract
 

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
 
Positive women, sex workers and transgender women: body mapping violence and HIV
G.V. Ross Quiroga
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 

Brazil
           

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Coping strategies for domestic violence against pregnant female adolescents: integrative review.
Macedo CM, Miura PO, Barrientos DMS, et al 
Rev Bras Enferm. 2018;71(suppl 1):693-699.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Regional disparities in the intimate partner sexual violence rate against women in Paraná State, Brazil, 2009-2014: an ecological study.
Fontes KB, Jacinto Alarcão AC, Nihei OK,  et al 

BMJ Open
. 2018 Feb 20;8(2):e018437.

Paper

Intimate partner violence against women, circumstances of aggressions and oral-maxillofacial traumas: A medical-legal and forensic approach.
de Macedo Bernardino Í, Santos LM, et al
Leg Med
(Tokyo)
. 2017 Dec 4;
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The specific and combined role of domestic violence and mental health disorders during pregnancy on new-born health
Ferraro AA, Rohde LA, Polanczyk GV, et al
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
. 2017 Aug 1;17(1):25
7.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Institutional violence and quality of service in obstetrics are associated with postpartum depression.
Souza KJ, Rattner D, Gubert MB
Rev Saude Publica
. 2017 Jul 20;51:69.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Instruments for articulating the network of attention to women in situation of violence: collective construction.
Cortes LF, Padoin SMM, Kinalski DDF.

Rev Gaucha Enferm
. 2017 Jun 5;37(spe):e20160056.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Intimate partner violence and incidence of common mental disorder.
Mendonça MFS, Ludermir AB.
Rev Saude Publica
. 2017 Apr 10;51:32.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
I
ntimate partner violence and maternal educational practice.

Silva JMMD, Lima MC, Ludermir AB
. 
Rev Saude Publica. 2017 Apr 10;51:34
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Violence against women, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Leite FMC, Amorim MHC, Wehrmeister FC, Gigante DP.
Rev Saude Publica
. 2017 Apr 10;51:3
Paper

Factors associated with violence against female sex workers in ten Brazilian cities.
Lima FS, Merchán-Hamann E, Urdaneta M,  et al 
Cad Saude Publica
. 2017 Mar 30;33(2):e00157815
Abstract

Pattern of oral-maxillofacial trauma from violence against women and its associated factors.
Nóbrega LM, de Macedo Bernardino Í, et al
Dent Traumatol. 2017 Feb 10.
Abstract

Women's police stations and intimate partner violence: Evidence from Brazil.
Perova E, Reynolds SA.
Soc Sci Med. 2016 Dec 9;174:188-196.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Gender, violence and being homeless: the experience of women and high risk drug use.
Souza MR, Oliveira JF, Chagas MC,  et al 
Rev Gaucha Enferm. 2016 Nov 16;37(3):e59876
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The invisible magnitude of violence against women.
Garcia LP.
Epidemiol Serv Saude. 2016 Jul-Sep;25(3):451-454.
Commentary

Intimate partner violence is associated with increased maternal hair cortisol in mother-child dyads.
Boeckel MG, Viola TW, Daruy-Filho L, et al
Compr Psychiatry. 2016 Sep 19;72:18-24.

Abstract

Factors Related to Rape Reporting Behavior in Brazil: Examining the Role of Spatio-Temporal Factors.
Melo SN, Beauregard E, Andresen MA.
J Interpers Violence
.
2016 Jul 10.
Abstract

Facial trauma as physical violence markers against elderly Brazilians: A comparative analysis between genders.
de Sousa RI, de Macedo Bernardino Í, et al
Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2016 Jun 29;67:55-60.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Epidemiological characteristics of violence against women in the Federal District, Brazil, 2009-2012
Silva LE, Oliveira ML.
Epidemiol Serv Saude. 2016 Apr-Jun;25(2):331-342
Paper

Prevalence and factors associated with intimate partner violence among women in Recife/Pernambuco, Brazil.
Barros ÉN, Silva MA, Falbo Neto GH, et al
 
Cien Saude Colet
. 2016 Feb;21(2):591-598
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Rape against Brazilian Women: Characteristics of Victims and Sex Offenders.
Souto RQ, Araújo FK, Xavier AF, Cavalcanti AL.
Iran J Public Health. 2015 Dec;44(12):1613-9.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Violence against women: systematic review of the Brazilian scientific literature within the period from 2009 to 2013.
Silva LE, Oliveira ML.

Cien Saude Colet
. 2015 Nov;20(11):3523-3532.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Support to women who denounce experiences of violence based on her social network.
Vieira LB, Souza IE, Tocantins FR, Pina-Roche F.
Rev Lat Am Enfermage
m
. 2015 Oct;23(5):865-73.
 
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Women experiencing the intergenerationality of conjugal violence.
Paixão GP, Gomes NP, Diniz NM

Rev Lat Am Enfermagem
. 2015 Oct;23(5):874-9.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Intimate partner violence and anxiety disorders in pregnancy: the importance of vocational training of the nursing staff in facing them.
Fonseca-Machado Mde O, Monteiro JC, Haas VJ,  et al

Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2015 Oct;23(5):855-64.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Patterns of domestic violence and alcohol consumption among women and the effectiveness of a brief intervention in a household setting: a protocol study.
Gebara CF, Ferri CP, Lourenço LM,
et al
BMC Womens Health. 2015 Sep 24;15(1):78.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Suicide attempts by elderly women - from a gender perspective.
Meneghel SN, Moura R, Hesler LZ, Gutierrez DM.
 
Cien Saude Colet
. 2015 Jun;20(6):1721-1730
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Health needs: the interface between the discourse of health professionals and victimized women
Oliveira RN, Fonseca RM.

Rev Lat Am Enfermagem
. 2015 Apr 14:0.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Filling out the compulsory notification in health services that care for women who suffer from sexual violence.
Sousa MH, Bento SF, Osis MJ,  et al

Rev Bras Epidemiol
. 2015 Mar;18(1):94-107.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Effect of physical intimate partner violence on body mass index in low-income adult women.
Ferreira Mde F, Moraes CL,  et al
Cad Saude Publica. 2015 Jan;31(1):161-72.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Women in situations of violence: limits of assistance.
Silva EB, Padoin SM, Vianna LA.

Cien Saude Colet
. 2015 Jan;20(1):249-58.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Women with HIV: gender violence and suicidal ideation.
Ceccon RF, Meneghel SN, Hirakata VN.

Rev Saude Publica
. 2014 Oct;48(5):758-65.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Female homicide in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Leites GT, Meneghel SN, Hirakata VN.

Rev Bras Epidemiol
. 2014 Sep;17(3):642-53
Pap
er

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Mental health of women who suffer intimate partner violence during pregnancy.
de Oliveira Fonseca-Machado M, Camargo Alves L, et al
Invest Educ Enferm. 2014 Jul;32(2):291-305.
Paper

Psychiatric evaluation of women who were assisted at a university referral center in Campinas, Brazil, following an experience of sexual violence.
Facuri CO, Fernandes AM, Azevedo RC.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2014 Jun 25.
Abstract

Abuse of alcohol and drugs and violence against women: experience reports
Vieira LB, Cortes LF, Padoin SM,
Rev Bras Enferm. 2014 Jun;67(3):):366-72

Abstract

Prevalence and factors associated with violence suffered by incarcerated women for drug trafficking in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil: a cross-sectional study.
Ferreira VP, Silva MA, Noronha Neto C, et al 
Cien Saude Colet. 2014 Jul;19(7):2255-2264.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
A comprehensive study on suicide among older women in seven Brazilian cities
Minayo MC, Cavalcante FG.

Cad Saude Publica
. 2013 Dec;29(12):2405-15.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE

Gunshot wound to the pregnant uterus: case report.
Osnaya-Moreno H, Zaragoza Salas TA, Escoto Gomez JA,  et al
Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet. 2013 Sep;35(9):427-31.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Factors associated to the imposition of types of violence against women informed in sentry services.
Vieira LJ, Ferreira RC, Moreira GA,  et al
Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2013 Jul-Aug;21(4):920-7.

Paper

Domestic violence against women and professional intervention in primary healthcare: an etnographic study in Matinhos, Paraná State, Brazil
Signorelli MC, Auad D, Pereira PP.
Cad Saude Publica. 2013 Jun;29(6):1230-40
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Perception and Attitudes of Physicians and Nurses about Violence against Women.
Paulin Baraldi AC, de Almeida AM, Perdoná G, et al
Nurs Res Pract. 2013;2013:785025.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The response to gender violence among Brazilian health care professionals.
Vieira EM, Ford NJ, De Ferrante FG, et al

Cien Saude Colet
. 2013 Mar;18(3):681-90.
Paper

Repercussions of the Maria da Penha law in tackling gender violence
Meneghel SN, Mueller B, Collaziol ME, Quadros MM
.
Cien Saude Colet
. 2013 Mar;18(3):691-700
Abstract

Female homicide victims in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil, 2009-2010: a descriptive study
Silva MA, Cabral Filho JE,  et a;
Cad Saude Publica. 2013 Feb;29(2):391-6
Abstract

Facing violence by intimate partner: the experience of women in an urban area of Northeastern Brazil.
Silva RD, Araújo TV, Valongueiro S, Ludermir AB.

Rev Saude Publica
. 2013 Feb 1.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Elements of comprehensiveness in the professional health practices provided to rural women victims of violence
Costa MC, Lopes MJ.
Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2012 Oct;46(5):1088-1095
Paper

Accidents and violence among women attended in Sentinel Emergency Services - Brazil, 2009].
Rodrigues Cde S, Malta DC, Godinho T,  et al
 
Cien Saude Cole
t
. 2012 Sep;17
Abstract

Temporal Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence and Postpartum Depression in a Sample of Low Income Women.
Faisal-Cury A, Menezes PR, d'Oliveira AF, et al 

Matern Child Health
J
. 2012 Sep 1.
Abstract

Spatial analysis of domestic violence against women from 2002 to 2005 in João Pessoa, Paraíba State, Brazil].
Lucena KD, Silva AT, Moraes RM, et al
Cad Saude Publica. 2012 Jun;28(6):1111-21
Abstract

Years of potential life lost by female homicide victims in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil
Silva LS, Menezes ML, Lopes CL, Corrêa MS.

Cad Saude Publica
. 2011 Sep;27(9):1721-30
Abstract

Adverse health events associated with domestic violence during pregnancy among Brazilian women.
Audi CA, Segall-Corrêa AM, Santiago SM, Pérez-Escamilla R.

Midwifery
. 2011 Jul 18
Abstract

Critical trajectories of female victims of gender violence: discourse analysis of women and
staff professionals in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil.

Meneghel SN, Bairros F, Mueller B,  et al
Cad Saude Publica. 2011 Apr;27(4):743-752.
Abstract

Characteristics of women victims of sexual violence and their compliance with outpatient
f
ollow-up: time trends at a referral center in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil.
Oshikata CT, Bedone AJ, Papa MD,  et al

Cad Saude Publica
. 2011 Apr;27(4):701-713
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Femicides: female homicide in Brazil.
Meneghel SN, Hirakata VN.
Rev Saude Publica
. 2011 Jun;45(3):564-574
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Association between intimate partner violence against women and HIV infection.
Barros C, Schraiber LB, França-Junior I.

Rev Saude Publica
. 2011 Apr;45(2):365-372.
Paper

Association between intimate partner violence against women and HIV infection.
Barros C, Schraiber LB, França-Junior I.

Rev Saude Publica
. 2011 Feb 18
Abstract

Interpersonal Violence and Women's Psychological Well-Being.
Montero I, Escriba V, Ruiz-Perez I, Vives-Cases C,  et al
J Womens Health
(Larchmt)
. 2011 Feb;20(2):295-301.
Abstract

Posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and hopelessness in women who are victims
of sexual violence.

Machado CL, de Azevedo RC, Facuri CO, et a

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2011 Jan 19
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Nursing care of women who suffered sexual violence.
dos Reis MJ, Lopes MH, Higa R, Bedone AJ.

Rev Lat Am Enfermagem
. 2010 Jul-Aug;18(4):740-7.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Physical intimate partner violence during gestation as a risk factor for low quality
of prenatal care.

Moraes CL, Arana FD, Reichenheim ME.
Rev Saude Publica. 2010 Aug;44(4):667-76
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Countertransference in the initial visit of women victims of sexual violence.
Eizirik M, Schestatsky S, Kruel L, Ceitlin LH.
Rev Bras Psiquiatr. 2010 Jul 2. pii: S1516-44462010005000019.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Experiences of nurses in health care for female victims of sexual violence.
dos Reis MJ, Lopes MH, et al 
Rev Saude Publica. 2010 Apr;44(2):325-31.
Paper

 
 

Chile
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Gender-based violence against women the Aymara ethnic in northern Chile.
Zapata-Sepúlveda P, Fernández-Dávila P, Sánchez-Gómez MC.

Rev Psiquiatr Salud Ment
. 2012 Jul;5(3):167-72.
Abstract

Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Risk Behaviors Among Socially Disadvantaged Chilean Women.
Miner S, Ferrer L, Cianelli R,
et al
Violence Against Women
. 2011 Apr 11.
Abstract

Physical Dating Violence Victimization in College Women in Chile.
Lehrer JA, Lehrer EL, Zhao Z. 

J Womens Health
(Larchmt)
. 2010 Mar 29
Abstract

Role of health professionals in the prevention of domestic violence against women
Gracia E, Lila M.
 
Rev Med Chil.
2008 Mar;136(3):394-400.
Abstract

Prevalence of and risk factors for sexual victimization in college women in Chile.
Lehrer JA, Lehrer VL, Lehrer EL, Oyarzún PB.
 
Int Fam Plan Perspect.
2007 Dec;33(4):168-75
Abstract
 


Columbia
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Domestic violence shapes Colombian women's partner choices.
Borras-Guevara ML, Batres C, Perrett DI.
Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 2017;71(12):175.
Paper

Femicides in ethnic and racialized groups: syntheses.
Meneghel SN, Lerma BR.
Cien Saude Colet. 2017 Jan;22(1):117-122.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Gender-based violence in conflict and displacement: qualitative findings from displaced women in Colombia.
Wirtz AL, Pham K, Glass N, et al

Confl Health
. 2014 Jul 11;8:10
Paper

Community level effects of gender inequality on intimate partner violence and unintended
pregnancy n Colombia: testing the feminist perspective.

Pallitto CC, O'Campo P.  
Soc Sci Med.
2005 May;60(10):2205-16.
Abstract


Dominican Republic
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Reproductive health and domestic violence: are the poorest women uniquely disadvantaged?
Kishor S, Johnson K.
Demography. 2006 May;43(2):293-307.
Abstract

Ecuador
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach?: a mixed methods study on causal mechanisms through which cash and in-kind food transfers decreased intimate partner violence.
Buller AM, Hidrobo M, Peterman A, Heise L.
BMC Public Health. 2016 Jun 8;16(1):488
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The economic burden of intimate partner violence in Ecuador: setting the agenda for future research and violence prevention policies.
Roldós MI, Corso P.
West J Emerg Med
. 2013 Aug;14(4):347-53.
Paper

Intersections Between Childhood Abuse and Adult Intimate Partner Violence Among Ecuadorian
Women.

Gómez AM, Speizer IS.
 
Matern Child Health J
. 2008 Jul 23.
Abstract

 

Guatemala
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Women caught in a culture of violence in Guatemala.
Halvorsen R.

Nurs Womens Health
. 2014 Oct;18(5):425-8.
Abstract

Haiti
 


     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Adapting an evidence-based intervention for HIV to avail access to testing and risk-reduction counseling for female victims of sexual violence in post-earthquake Haiti.
Rahill GJ, Joshi M, Hernandez A.
AIDS Care
. 2015 Aug 17:1-7
Abstract

 

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
 
Intimate partner violence (IPV) sequelae among a sample of Haitian women, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 2013
R. Dadaille, A. Saxena, M.-M. Deschamps, et al
(XX  International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Honduras
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
I
ntimate partner violence norms cluster within households: an observational social network study in rural Honduras.
Shakya HB, Hughes DA, Stafford D,
et al
BMC Public Health
. 2016 Mar 8;16(1):233.
Paper

Mexico
           

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
The Invisible Burden of Violence Against Girls and Young Women in Mexico: 1990 to 2015.
Romero Mendoza MP, Gómez-Dantes H, Manríquez Montiel Q, et al 
J Interpers Violence
. 2018 Mar 1:886260517753851.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
I
ntimate partner violence against low-income women in Mexico City and associations with work-related disruptions: a latent class analysis using cross-sectional data.
Gupta J, Willie TC, Harris C, Campos PA,  et al

J Epidemiol Community Health
. 2018 Mar 7
Paper

Impact of intimate partner violence on clinic attendance, viral suppression and CD4 cell count of women living with HIV in an urban clinic setting.
Anderson JC, Campbell JC, Glass NE, et al 
AIDS Care
. 2018 Apr;30(4):399-408
Abstract

Prison environment and non-communicable chronic disease modifiable risk factors: length of incarceration trend analysis in Mexico City.
Silverman-Retana O, Servan-Mori E, Bertozzi SM,
et al  
J Epidemiol Community Health
. 2018 Jan 24.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
A nurse-delivered, clinic-based intervention to address intimate partner violence among low-income women in Mexico City: findings from a cluster randomized controlled trial.
Gupta J, Falb KL, Ponta O,  et al
 
BMC Med
. 2017 Jul 12;15(1):128.
Paper

"Como si nada": Enduring violence and diabetes among rural women in Southern Mexico.
Montesi L.

Med Anthropol. 2017 Apr 14
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Sexual violence as a limiting factor on the perception and management of the risk of HIV in women married to migrants.
Flores YY.  
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Rev Lat Am Enfermagem
. 2016 Sep 1;24:e2782
Paper

Violence against women in transnational communities in San Luis Potosí, Mexico: a public health problem
Flores YY.
Cad Saude Publica
. 2016 Aug 1;32(7).
Abstract (Link to full-text article in Spanish)

Structural Determinants of Client Perpetrated Violence Among Female Sex Workers in Two Mexico-U.S. Border Cities.
Conners EE, Silverman JG, Ulibarri M,  et al
AIDS Behav
. 2015 Jun 26

Abstract

A Border Context of Violence: Mexican Female Sex Workers on the U.S.-Mexico Border.
Cepeda A, Nowotny KM.

Violence Against Women
. 2014 Nov 18.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Evaluating a health care provider delivered intervention to reduce intimate partner violence and mitigate associated health risks: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in Mexico City.
Falb KL, Diaz Olavarrieta C, Campos PA, et al
BMC Public Health
. 2014 Jul 30;14(1):772.
Paper

Predictors of Workplace Violence Among Female Sex Workers in Tijuana, Mexico.
Katsulis Y, Durfee A, Lopez V, Robillard A.

Violence Against Women
. 2014 Aug 3.
Abstract

"Amar te Duele" ("Love Hurts"): Sexual Relationship Power, Intimate Partner Violence, Depression Symptoms and HIV Risk Among Female Sex Workers Who Use Drugs and Their Non-commercial, Steady Partners in Mexico.
Ulibarri MD, Roesch S, Rangel MG, et al
AIDS Behav
. 2014 Apr 18.
Abstract

Prevalence and factors associated with intimate partner abuse in female users of public health services in Mexico: a comparative analyses.
Valdez-Santiago R, Avila-Burgos L, Barroso-Quiab A,
Rev Invest Clin. 2014 January-February;66(1):45-58

Abstract

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Effective coverage to manage domestic violence against women in Mexican municipalities: limits of metrics.
Viviescas-Vargas DP, Idrovo AJ, López-López E,  et al
Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2013 Aug;47(4):781-787.
Paper

From Violence to Sex Work: Agency, Escaping Violence, and HIV Risk Among Establishment-Based Female Sex Workers in Tijuana, Mexico.
Choudhury SM, Anglade D, Park K.
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care
. 2013 Jul-Aug;24(4):368-82.

Abstract

Prevalence and severity of intimate partner violence in women living in eight indigenous regions of Mexico.
Valdez-Santiago R, Híjar M,  et al
Soc Sci Med. 2013 Apr;82:51-7.
Abstract

A Lifetime of Violence: Results From an Exploratory Survey of Mexican Women With HIV.
Kendall T, van Dijk M, Wilson KS, et al
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care
. 2012 Apr 17
Abstract

Necropolitics, narcopolitics, and femicide: gendered violence on the Mexico-U.S. border.
Wright MW.

Signs
(Chic)
. 2011;36(3):707-31.
Abstract

 

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 

 
Trafficking, violence and sex work
C. Navarrete Gil-, A. Gil
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 

Nicaragua
 


     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Suicide attempts and stressful life events among female victims of intimate partner violence living in poverty in Nicaragua.
Guillén AI, Panadero S, Rivas E, Vázquez JJ.

Scand J Psychol
. 2015 Feb 27.
Abstract

Happiness among Poor Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence in Nicaragua.
Vázquez JJ, Panadero S, Rivas E.
Soc Work Public Health. 2014 Oct 15:1-12.
Abstract

Exposure to intimate partner violence reduces the protective effect that women's high education has on children's corporal punishment: a population-based study.
Salazar M, Dahlblom K, Solórzano L, Herrera A.
Glob Health Action
. 2014 Sep 12;7:24774
Abstract

The Explanatory Role of Relationship Power and Control in Domestic Violence Against Women in Nicaragua: A Feminist Psychology Analysis.
Grose RG, Grabe S.

Violence Against Women
. 2014 Aug 14.
Abstract

Questions about intimate partner violence should be part of contraceptive counselling: findings
from a community-based longitudinal study in Nicaragua.
Salazar M, Valladares E, Högberg U.
J Fam P
ann Reprod Health Care. 2011 Dec 12.
Abstract


Paraguay
 

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Exploring the associations between intimate partner violence and women's mental health: evidence
from a population-based study in Paraguay.
Ishida K, Stupp P, Melian M, et al

Soc Sci Med
. 2010 Nov;71(9):1653-61

Abstract
 

Peru
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
I
mpact of violence against women on severe acute maternal morbidity in the intensive care unit, including neonatal outcomes: a case-control study protocol in a tertiary healthcare facility in Lima, Peru.
Ayala Quintanilla BP, Pollock WE, McDonald SJ, Taft AJ  .
BMJ Open
. 2018 Mar 14;8(3):e020147.
Paper

Childhood Abuse and Adult Onset Asthma among Peruvian Women.
Banerjee D, Gelaye B, Zhong QY, .
J Asthma. 2017 Jun 26:0
Abstract

Conceptions About Social Violence and Violence Against Women: Community Participatory Diagnosis at Manchay, Lima.
Velázquez T, Fernández A.
J Prev Interv Community. 2015 Oct-Dec;43(4):252-65
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
The association between post-traumatic stress-related symptoms, resilience, current stress and past exposure to violence: a cross sectional study of the survival of Quechua women in the aftermath of the Peruvian armed conflict.
Suarez EB.
Confl Health. 2013 Oct 23;7(1):21.
Paper

Risk and Protective Factors for Physical and Emotional Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in a Community
of Lima, Peru.

Nóblega MM.
J Interpers Violence
.
2012 Jun 1.
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Factors associated to recent intimate partner physical violence against women in Peru, 2004-2007
Blitchtein-Winicki D, Reyes-Solari E.
Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica. 2012 Mar;29(1):35-43
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Puerto Rico
 

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  Construction and validation of an instrument that breaks the silence: the impact of domestic and/or sexual violence on women's health, as shown during climacterium.
Teixeira de Araújo Moraes SD, da Fonseca AM, Soares JM Jr, et al

Menopause
. 2011 Sep 15.

Abstract

US Virgin Islands
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Intimate partner violence among African American and African Caribbean women: prevalence, risk factors, and the influence of cultural attitudes.
Stockman JK, Lucea MB, Bolyard R, et al

Glob Health Action
. 2014 Sep 12;7:24772.
Abstract

Victimization Experiences, Substance Misuse, and Mental Health Problems in Relation to Risk for Lethality Among African American and African Caribbean Women.
Sabri B, Stockman JK, Bertrand DR,  et al

J Interpers Violence
. 2013 Aug 7
Abstract

Intimate partner violence and HIV risk factors among African-American and African-Caribbean women in clinic-based settings.
Stockman JK, Lucea MB, Draughon JE,  et al

AIDS Care
. 2012 Sep 25.
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