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Screening Women for Intimate Partner Violence and Elderly and Vulnerable Adults for Abuse: Systematic Review to Update the 2004 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation
Nelson HD, Bougatsos C, Blazina I.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2012 Ma
y.
Book

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 

Unacknowledged Rape in the Community: Rape Characteristics and Adjustment.
Littleton H, Layh M, Rudolph K.
Violence Vict. 2018 Feb 1;33(1):142-156
Abstract

Intimate partner violence prevention and reduction: A review of literature.
Ogunsiji O, Clisdell E.

Health Care Women I
nt
. 2017 Feb 2:0

Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE

Violence against women and girls in the Sustainable Development Goals.
Babu BV, Kusuma YS.
Health Promot Perspect
. 2016 Dec 18;7(1):1-3.
Paper

Traumatic Events Associated With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Role of Race/Ethnicity and Depression.
Lipsky S, Kernic MA, Qiu Q, Hasin DS.

Violence Against Women
. 2015 Nov 29.
Abstract

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

Beyond the Dyad: An Assessment of Sexual Assault Prevention Education Focused on Social Determinants of Sexual Assault Among College Students.
Jozkowski KN
Violence Against Women. 2015 Apr 27.
Abstract

Accuracy of an Intimate Partner Violence Screening Tool for Female VHA Patients: A Replication and Extension.
Iverson KM, King MW, Gerber MR, et al
J Trauma Stress
. 2015 Jan 26.
Abstract

Factors related to sexual abuse and forced sex in a sample of women experiencing police-involved intimate partner violence.
Messing JT, Thaller J, Bagwell M.
 Health Soc Work
. 2014 Aug;39(3):181-91.
Abstract

Characteristics of sexual violence against adolescent girls and adult women.
Blake MD, Drezett J, Vertamatti MA,  et al

|BMC Womens Health
. 2014 Jan 22;
Abstract

No-Drop Prosecution in Domestic Violence Cases: Survivor-Defined and Social Change Approaches to Victim Advocacy.
Nichols AJ.
J Interpers Violence
. 2014 Jan 2
Abstract

Reproductive Coercion and Co-occurring Intimate Partner Violence in Obstetrics and Gynecology Patients.
Clark LE, Allen RH, Goyal V,  et al

Am J Obstet Gynecol
. 2013 Sep
Abstract

How You Screen is as Important as Whether You Screen: A Qualitative Analysis of Violence Screening Practices in Reproductive Health Clinics.
Ramachandran DV, Covarrubias L, Watson C, Decker MR.
J Community Health. 2013 May
Abstract

Screening women for intimate partner violence in healthcare settings.
Taft A, O'Doherty L, Hegarty K, Ramsay J, et al
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Apr 30;
Abstract

Breaking up is hard to do: psychological entrapment and women's commitment to violent dating relationships.
Katz J, Tirone V, Schukrafft M.
Violence Vict. 2012;27(4):455-69.
Abstract

Obstetricians and violence against women.
Charles S.
Am J Bioeth. 2011 Dec;11(12):51-6.
Abstract

Evaluation of a sexual assault education/prevention program for female U.S. Navy personnel.
Rau TJ, Merrill LL, McWhorter SK,  et al
Mil Med. 2011 Oct;176(10):1178-83.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Markers of Inflammation in Midlife Women with Intimate Partner Violence Histories.

Flegar SJ, Fouche JP, Jordaan E, et al
Afr J Psychiatry (Johannesbg). 2011 Sep;14(4):310-4.
Paper

Exploring Negative Emotion in Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: Shame, Guilt, and PTSD.
Beck JG, McNiff J, Clapp JD,  et al

Behav Ther
. 2011 Dec;42(4):740-50.
Abstract

Sexual assault prevention for women with intellectual disabilities: a critical review
of the evidence.
Barger E, Wacker J, Macy R, Parish S.

Intellect Dev Disabil
. 2009 Aug;47(4):249-62.
Abstract

Severe physical violence among intimate partners: a risk factor for vaginal bleeding during gestation in less privileged women?
Moraes CL, Reichenheim M, Nunes AP. 

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand
. 2009 Jul 28:1-8.
Abstract

The Relationship Between Battered Women's Causal Attributions for Violence and Coping Efforts.
Meyer A, Wagner B, Dutton MA. 

J Interpers Violence
. 2009 Jul 14
Abstract

Intimate partner violence in Latina and non-Latina women.
Bonomi AE, Anderson ML, Cannon EA, et al  
Am J Prev Med. 2009 Jan;36(1):43-48.
Abstract
 

 

Violence Against Disabled Women
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Looking Beyond Prevalence: A Demographic Profile of Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence With Disabilities.
Ballan MS, Freyer MB, Marti CN,

J Interpers Violence
. 2014 Jun 5.
Abstract

The Prevalence and Psychological Costs of Household Violence by Family Members Against Women With Disabilities in Cambodia.
Astbury J, Walji F.
J Interpers Violence. 2014 May 30.
Abstract

Violence Against Deaf Women: Effect of Partner Hearing Status.
Anderson ML, Kobek Pezzarossi CM.J
Deaf Stud Deaf
Educ
. 2013 Dec 2.
Abstract

Intimate Partner Violence in Mexican-American Women With Disabilities: A Secondary Data Analysis of Cross-Language Research.
Divin C, Volker DL, Harrison T.

ANS Adv Nurs Sci
. 2013 July/September;36(3):243-257.
Abstract

Gender-based violence against women with visual and physical disabilities.
Del Río Ferres E, Megías JL, Expósito F.
Psicothema. 2013 Feb;25(1):67-72.
Abstract

Self-Defense Among Women With Disabilities: An Unexplored Domain in Domestic Violence Cases.
Ballan MS, Freyer MB.
Violence Against Women
. 2012 Sep 20
Abstract

Interpersonal Violence and Women With Disabilities: Analysis of Safety Promoting Behaviors.
Powers LE, Renker P, Robinson-Whelen S, et al 

Violence Against Women
. 2009 Jul 16.
Abstract

Intimate partner violence and women with disabilities: toward bringing visibility to an unrecognized population.
Barranti CC, Yuen FK.
J Soc Work Disabil Rehabil. 2008;7(2):115-30
Abstract
 

The high risk of IPV against Canadian women with disabilities.
Brownridge DA, Ristock J, Hiebert-Murphy D.

Med Sci Monit.
2008 May;14(5):PH27-32.
Abstract
 
"I thought . . . maybe this is my chance": Sexual Abuse Against Girls and Women With Disabilities in Malawi.
Kvam MH, Braathen SH.
 
Sex Abuse
. 2008 Mar;20(1):5-24.
Abstract
 
Sexual assault patterns among women with and without disabilities seeking survivor services.
Nannini A 
Womens Health Issues. 2006 Nov-Dec;16(6):372-9.
Abstract
 
Violence and Exploitation against Women and Girls with Disability.
Rosen DB.  
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Nov;1087:170-177
Abstract
 
Worker role identity development of women with disabilities who experience domestic violence.
Helfrich CA, Badiani C, Simpson EK. et al 
Work.
2006;27(3):319-28.
Abstract
 
Partner violence against women with disabilities: prevalence, risk, and explanations.
Brownridge DA.

Violence Against Women
. 2006 Sep;12(9):805-22.
Abstract
 
Physical and sexual assault of women with disabilities.
Martin SL, Ray N, Sotres-Alvarez D   
Violence Against Women.
2006 Sep;12(9):823-37.
Abstract

Partner abuse in physically disabled women: a proposed model for understanding intimate partner violence.
Copel LC  .
Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2006 May;42(2):114-29.

Abstract
 

Violence and Mental Health
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
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

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

Depression in Women Who Have Left Violent Relationships: The Unique Impact of Frequent Emotional Abuse.
Estefan LF, Coulter ML, VandeWeerd C.
Violence Against Women
. 2016 Jan 29.
Abstract

Mental health consequences of violence against women and girls.
Satyanarayana VA, Chandra PS, Vaddiparti K
.
Curr Opin Psychiatry
. 2015 Jul 15.

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, et al

Arch Womens Ment Health
. 2014 Jul 9.
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, et al
Community Ment Health J. 2014 Jan 29.
Abstract

Predictors of Mental Healthcare Use Among Domestic Violence Survivors in Shelters.
Klopper JJ, Schweinle W, Ractliffe KC, Elhai JD.

Psychol Serv
. 2013 Nov 4.
Abstract

Does job stability mediate the relationship between intimate partner violence and mental health among low-income women?
Adams AE, Bybee D, Tolman RM,, et al

Am J Orthopsychiatr
y
. 2013 Oct;83(4):600-8.

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

nterpersoanlal Style Moderates the Effect of Dating Violence on Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression.
Yalch MM, Lannert BK, Hopwood CJ, Levendosky AA.

J Interpers Violenc
e
. 2013 Aug 6

Abstract

Intervention to Reduce Traumatic Stress Following Intimate Partner Violence: An Efficacy Trial of the Moms' Empowerment Program (MEP).
Graham-Bermann SA, Miller LE.
Psychodyn Psychiatry. 2013 Summer;41(2):329-49.
Abstract

Assessment and psychotherapy with women experiencing intimate partner violence: integrating research and practice.
Bogat GA, Garcia AM, Levendosky AA.

Psychodyn Psychiatry
. 2013 Summer;41(2):189-217.
Abstract

Patterns of Resource Utilization and Mental Health Symptoms Among Women Exposed to Multiple Types of Victimization:
A Latent Class Analysis.

Young-Wolff KC, Hellmuth J, Jaquier V, et al

J Interpers Violence
. 2013 May 17
Abstract

 
The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence, Substance Use, and HIV on Depressive Symptoms Among Abused Low-Income Urban Women.
Illangasekare SL, Burke JG, McDonnell KA, Gielen AC
.
J Interpers Violenc
e
. 2013 May 17

Abstract

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

Mental and Physical Health and Intimate Partner Violence against Women: A Review of the Literature.
Dillon G, Hussain R, Loxton D, Rahman S.

Int J Family Med
.
2013;2013:313909.
Abstract

Emotion regulation difficulties, low social support, and interpersonal violence mediate the link between childhood abuse and posttraumatic stress symptoms.
Stevens NR, Gerhart J, Goldsmith RE, et al   
Behav Ther. 2013 Mar;44(1):152-61.
Abstract

Prevalence of Physical and Sexual Assault and Mental Health Disorders in Older Women: Findings From a Nationally Representative Sample.
Cook JM, Pilver C, Dinnen S, Schnurr PP, Hoff R.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2013 Feb
Abstract

The Association of Pain Severity and Pain Interference Levels with Abuse Experiences and Mental Health Symptoms Among 300 Mothers: Baseline Data Analysis for a 7-year Prospective Study.
Symes L, McFarlane J, Nava A, et al
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2013 Jan;34(1):2-16.
Abstract

The Impact of Different Types of Intimate Partner Violence on the Mental and Physical Health of Women in Different Ethnic Groups
Lacey KK, McPherson MD, Samuel PS,   et al
J Interpers Violence. 2012 Aug 27
Abstract

"If Something Happened, I Will Leave It, Let It Go and Move On": Resiliency and Victimized Homeless Women's Attitudes Toward Mental Health Counseling.
Huey L, Fthenos G, Hryniewicz D.
J Interpers Violence. 2012 Aug 7.
Abstract

Depressive Symptoms, Substance Abuse, and Intimate Partner Violence among Pregnant Women of Diverse Ethnicities.
Holden KB, McKenzie R, Pruitt V,  et al
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2012;23(1):226-41.
Abstract

Depressive symptoms and intimate partner violence in the 12 months after childbirth: a prospective pregnancy cohort study.
Woolhouse H, Gartland D, Hegarty K,

BJOG
. 2011 Dec 7.
Abstract

Patterns of depressive symptoms and antidepressant use among women survivors of intimate partner violence.
Comeau J, Davies L.

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
. 2011 Dec 2
Abstract

Relationship between domestic violence and postnatal depression among pregnant Chinese women.
Zhang Y, Zou S, Cao Y, Zhang Y.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2011 Oct 22
Abstract

Sleep Disturbances and Their Association With Mental Health Among Women Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence.
Pigeon WR, Cerulli C, Richards H,
et al
J Womens Health (
Larchmt)
. 2011 Oct 11.
Abstract

Violence Risk Assessment and Women: Predictive Accuracy of the HCR-20 in a Civil Psychiatric Sample.
Garcia-Mansilla A, Rosenfeld B, Cruise KR.
Behav Sci Law. 2011 Sep;29(5):623-33.
Abstract

Co-Occurring Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health Diagnoses in Perinatal Women.
Cerulli C, Talbot NL, Tang W, Chaudron LH.
J
Womens Health (Larchmt)
. 2011 Sep 16.
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

Depression Among Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence in a Chinese Community.
Wong JY, Tiwari A, Fong DY,  et al
Nurs Res. 2010 Dec 1
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Recovery from depressive symptoms, state anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder in women exposed to physical and psychological, but not to psychological intimate partner violence alone: A longitudinal study.
Blasco-Ros C, Sanchez-Lorente S, Martinez M
BMC Psychiatry. 2010 Nov 25;10(1):98
Paper

Differences in Depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Lifetime Trauma Exposure in Formerly Abused Women With Mild Versus Moderate to Severe Chronic Pain.
Humphreys J, Cooper BA, Miaskowski C.
, et al 
J Interpers Violence
. 2010 Feb 2
Abstract

Domestic violence in women with serious mental illness involved with child protective services.
Lewin LC, Abdrbo A, Burant CJ.

Issues Ment Health Nurs
. 2010 Feb;31(2):128-36.
Abstract


Violence and Healthcare
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
What is the role of health systems in responding to domestic violence? An evidence review.
Spangaro J.
Aust Health Rev. 2017 Jan 20.
Abstract

Clinical competencies of emergency nurses toward violence against women: a Delphi study.
Lee FH, Yang YM, Huang JJ, et al
J Contin Educ Nurs. 2015 Jun;46(6):272-8
Abstract

Association of Domestic Violence From Husband and Women Empowerment in Slum Community, Mumbai.
Donta B, Nair S, Begum S, Prakasam CP.
J Interpers Violence. 2015 Feb 24.

Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Evaluation of healthcare use trends of high-risk female intimate partner violence victims.
Hoelle RM, Elie MC, Weeks E,  et al

West J Emerg Med
. 2015 Jan;16(1):107-13.
Paper

Social representation of sexual violence and its relationship with the adherence to the chemoprophylaxis protocol of HIV in young women and adolescents
Procópio EV, Feliciano CG, Silva KV, Katz CR.
Cien Saude Colet
. 2014 Jun;19(6):1961-9.
Abstract

Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Across Medical and Surgical Health Care Settings: A Systematic Review.
Sprague S, Goslings JC, Hogentoren C,  et al
Violence Against Women. 2014 Jan 28
Abstract

Primary care-based interventions for intimate partner violence: a systematic review.
Bair-Merritt MH, Lewis-O'Connor A, Goel S,  et al

Am J Prev Med
. 2014 Feb;46(2):188-94.
Abstract

Domestic abuse awareness and recognition among primary healthcare professionals and abused women: a qualitative investigation.
Bradbury-Jones C, Taylor J,  et al

J Clin Nurs
. 2014 Jan 21.
Abstract

Clinical care for sexual assault survivors multimedia training: a mixed-methods study of effect on healthcare providers' attitudes, knowledge, confidence, and practice in humanitarian settings.
Smith JR, Ho LS, Langston A,  et al
Confl Health. 2013 Jul 3;7(1):14
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

Seizing an opportunity to help-knowledge and attitudes of doctors and nurses toward women victimized by intimate partner violence in Brazil.
Vieira EM, Dos Santos MA, Ford NJ.
Health Care Women Int
. 2012 Mar;33(3):228-49.
Abstract

Association between emergency department resources and diagnosis of intimate partner violence.
Choo EK, Nicolaidis C, Newgard CD, et al
Eur J Emerg Med. 2012 Apr;19(2):83-8.

Abstract

.

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
  What are the experiences and expectations of women with experience of intimate partner violence when they encounter health care professionals? A meta-analysis of qualitative studies
AR Taket
(133 APHA)
Abstract

Violence and Sexual Health
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Introducing the Date and Acquaintance Rape Avoidance Scale.
Resendez JR, Hughes JS.
Violence Vict. 2016 May 27.
Abstract

Nonvolitional sex and sexual health.
Kalmuss D.
Arch Sex Behav. 2004 Jun;33(3):197-209
Abstract


Violence in Healthcare Settings
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 
 
 
Violence among female users of healthcare units: prevalence, perspective and conduct of managers and professionals.
Osis MJ, Duarte GA, Faúndes A.

Rev Saude Publica
. 2012 Feb 24
Abstract

Intimate Partner Violence/Abuse and Depressive Symptoms Among Female Health Care Workers: Longitudinal Findings.
La Flair LN, Bradshaw CP, Campbell JC.
Womens Health Issues. 2011 Aug 23
Abstract

Violence against women: the phenomenon of workplace violence against nurses.
Child RJ, Mentes JC.
ssues Ment Health Nurs. 2010 Feb;31(2):89-95.

Abstract

Intimate partner violence and abuse among female nurses and nursing personnel: prevalence and risk factors.
Bracken MI, Messing JT, Campbell JC, et al 
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2010 Feb;31(2):137-48.
Abstract

Violence against women: the phenomenon of workplace violence against nurses.
Child RJ, Mentes JC
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2010 Feb;31(2):89-95
Abstract

Female caregivers' experiences of exposure to violence in nursing homes.
Isaksson U, Graneheim UH, Aström S.
 
J Psychiatr Ment Health Nur
s
. 2009 Feb;16(1):46-53.
Abstract
 

Violence against female student nurses in the workplace.
Hinchberger PA.  

Nurs Forum
. 2009 Jan-Mar;44(1):37-46.

Abstract

Violence against women in health-care institutions: an emerging problem.
d'Oliveira AF, Diniz SG, Schraiber LB.

Lancet 2002 May 11;359(9318):1681-5
Abstract


Older Women
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 
 
 
Older women, intimate partner violence and mental health: a consideration of the particular issues for health and health care practice.
McGarry J, Ali P, Hinchliff S.
J Clin Nurs
. 2016 Aug 3.
Abstract

Unique Factors that Place Older Hispanic Women at Risk for HIV: Intimate Partner Violence, Machismo, and Marianismo.
Cianelli R, Villegas N, Lawson S,  et al
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2013 Jul-Aug;24(4):341-54
Abstract

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


Violence Screening/Identification/Response by HCWS
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Does health care provider screening for domestic violence vary by race and income?
Weeks EK, Ellis SD, Lichstein PR, Bonds DE.
Violence Against Women. 2008 Jul;14(7):844-55.
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
 
Secondary traumatic stress in nurses who care for traumatized women.
Gates DM, Gillespie GL. 

J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs.
2008 Mar-Apr;37(2):243-9.
Abstract

Responsibility of health providers in domestic violence reporting.
Saliba O, Garbin CA, Garbin AJ, Dossi AP.
Rev Saude Publica. 2007 Jun;41(3):472-7.
Abstract
 
An evaluation of health care providers' sexual violence screening practices.
Littleton HL, Berenson AB, Breitkopf CR. et al
Am J Obstet Gynecol.
2007 Jun;196(6):564.e1-5;
Abstract
 
Intimate partner violence: implications for critical care nursing.
Amar AF, Cox CW.
Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2006 Sep;18(3):287-96.
Abstract
 
On a life-saving mission: nurses' willingness to encounter with intimate partner abuse.
Haggblom AM, Moller AR.
Qual Health Res.
2006 Oct;16(8):1075-90
Abstract
 
Assessing intimate partner violence in health care settings leads to women's receipt of interventions and improved health.
McCloskey LA, Lichter E, Williams C, et al
 
Public Health Rep
. 2006 Jul-Aug;121(4):435-44.
Abstract
 
Acceptability of routine enquiry regarding domestic violence in the antenatal clinic.
McDonnell E, Holohan M, Reilly MO, et al
Ir Med J. 2006 Apr;99(4):123-4.
Abstract
 
 
 

Violence Prevention
 

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Measures to Stop Violence against Women.
Sandis EE.

Ann N Y Acad Sci.
2006 Nov;1087:370-383.
Abstract
 
Sexual Aggression toward Women: Reducing the Prevalence.
Gerber GL, Cherneski L.   
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Nov;1087:35-46.|
Abstract
 
Self-Defense or Assertiveness Training and Women's Responses to Sexual Attacks.
Brecklin LR, Ullman SE.  
J Interpers Violence. 2005 Jun;20(6):738-62.

Abstract

Health care providers' missed opportunities for preventing femicide
Sharps PW, Koziol-McLain J, CampbellJ, et al.

Prev Med
2001 Nov;33(5):373-80
Abstract

Confronting barriers to universal screening for domestic violence.
Davis RE, Harsh KE.

J Prof Nurs
2001 Nov-  Dec;17(6):313-20
Abstract


Violence in the Military/ and Veterans
 

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Intimate Partner Stalking: Contributions to PTSD Symptomatology Among a National Sample of Women Veterans.
Dardis CM, Amoroso T, Iverson KM.

Psychol Trauma
. 2016 Jul 14.
Abstract

Military sexual assault and homeless women veterans: clinical correlates and treatment preferences.
Decker SE, Rosenheck RA, Tsai J, et al
Womens Health Issues. 2013 Nov-Dec;23(6):e373-80
Abstract

Military sexual assault and homeless women veterans: clinical correlates and treatment preferences.
Decker SE, Rosenheck RA, Tsai J, et al

Womens Health Issue
s
. 2013 Nov-Dec;23(6):e373-80
Abstract

Alcohol use in nonmutual and mutual domestic violence in the U.S. Army: 1998-2004.
McCarroll JE, Fan Z, Bell NS.
Violence Vict. 2009;24(3):364-79
Abstract

Premilitary Adult Sexual Assault Victimization and Perpetration in a Navy Recruit Sample.
Stander VA, Merrill LL, Thomsen CJ, et al
 
J Interpers Violence
. 2008 Mar 4
Abstract
 

Intimate partner violence among military veterans and active duty servicemen.
Marshall AD, Panuzio J, Taft CT.

Clin Psychol Rev. 2005 Nov;25(7):862-76.
Abstract
 
Life Span and Repeated Violence against Women during Military Service: Effects on Health Status and Outpatient Utilization.
Sadler AG, Booth BM, Mengeling MA, et al.  

J Womens Health
(Larchmt). 2004 Sep;13(7):799-811.
Abstract

Factors associated with women's risk of rape in the military environment.
Sadler AG, Booth BM, Cook BL, Doebbeling BN.

Am J Ind Med
2003 Mar;43(3):262-73
Abstract

The military environment: risk factors for women's non-fatal assaults.
Sadler AG, Booth BM, Cook BL, et al.
J Occup Environ Med 2001 Apr;43(4):325-34
Abstract

Personality characteristics that increase vulnerability to sexual harassment among U.S. Army soldiers.
Martin L.
Mil Med 2000 Oct;165(10):709-13
Abstract

Health-related consequences of physical and sexual violence: women in the
military.

Sadler AG, Booth BM, Nielson D, Doebbeling BN.
Obstet Gynecol 2000 Sep;96(3):473-80
Abstract

Prevalence of depressive and alcohol abuse symptoms among women VA outpatients who report experiencing sexual assault while in the military.
Hankin CS, Skinner KM, Sullivan LM, et al.
 J Trauma Stress 1999 Oct;12(4):601-12
Abstract

The prevalence of physical and sexual abuse in women veterans seeking care at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Coyle BS, Wolan DL, Van Horn AS
Mil Med 1996 Oct;161(10):588-93
Abstract

 

Lesbian Violence
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
'You have to bow right here': heteronormative scripts and intimate partner violence in women's same-sex relationships.
Sanger N, Lynch I.
Cult Health Sex. 2017 Jun 28:1-17.
Abstract

Discrepant Alcohol Use, Intimate Partner Violence, and Relationship Adjustment among Lesbian Women and their Relationship Partners.
Kelley ML, Lewis RJ, Mason TB.

J Fam Violence
. 2015 Nov 1;30(8):977-986.
Abstract

Emotional Distress, Alcohol Use, and Bidirectional Partner Violence Among Lesbian Women.
Lewis RJ, Padilla MA, Milletich RJ, et al; 
Violence Against Women
. 2015 Jun 10
Abstract

A mark that is no mark? Queer women and violence in HIV discourse.
Logie CH, Gibson MF.
Cult Health Sex
. 2012 Nov 9.
Abstract

Invisible Victims : Same-Sex IPV in the National Violence Against Women Survey.
Messinger AM.

J Interpers Violence
. 2010 Sep 9.
Abstract

Lesbian/Bisexual Mothers and Intimate Partner Violence: Help Seeking in the Context of Social and Legal Vulnerability.
Hardesty JL, Oswald RF, Khaw L, Fonseca C.
Violence Against Women
. 2009 Dec 22
Abstract

 

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
  Exploring violence and HIV risk among drug-using women who have sex with women
D. Ompad, S. Hwahng, P. Halkitis, et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Reporting Issues
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Barriers to reporting sexual assault for women and men: perspectives of college students.
Sable MR, Danis F, Mauzy DL, Gallagher SK. 
J Am Coll Health. 2006 Nov-Dec;55(3):157-62

Abstract

Nonvolitional sex and sexual health.
Kalmuss D.
Arch Sex Behav. 2004 Jun;33(3):197-209
Abstract


Suicide/Suicide Ideation
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
A Theory-Based Approach to Understanding Suicide Risk in Shelter-Seeking Women.
Wolford-Clevenger C, Smith PN.
Trauma Violence Abuse
. 2014 Jan 10.
Abstract

Suicidal Ideation and the Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Rural Western China.
Yanqiu G, Yan W, Lin A. 
Violence Against Women
. 2011 Oct 13.
Abstract

Violence against women is strongly associated with suicide attempts: Evidence from the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women.
Devries K, Watts C, Yoshihama M, Kiss, et al
Soc Sci Med
. 2011 Jul;73(1):79-86
Abstract

Prevalence and Correlates of Suicidal Behavior among Adult Female Victims of Intimate Partner Violence.
Cavanaugh CE, Messing JT, Del-Colle M, et al

Suicide Life Threat Behav
. 2011 May 2.
Abstract

Suicidal, abused African American women's response to a culturally informed intervention.
Kaslow NJ, Leiner AS, Reviere S, et al
J Consult Clin Psychol. 2010 Aug;78(4):449-58.
Abstract


PTSD
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Decoding the Traumatic Memory among Women with PTSD: Implications for Neurocircuitry Models of PTSD and Real-Time fMRI Neurofeedback.
Cisler JM, Bush K, James GA et a;.
PLoS One. 2015 Aug 4;10(8):e0134717.
 
Paper

Spirituality/Religion
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Effects of religious and spiritual variables on outcomes in violent relationships.
Katerndahl D, Burge S, Ferrer R, et al
 
Int J Psychiatry Med
. 2015 Jun 9.
Abstract

Being delivered: spirituality in survivors of sexual violence.
Knapik GP, Martsolf DS, Draucker CB.  
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2008 Apr;29(4):335-50.
Abstract
 

The lived experience of women in abusive relationships who sought spiritual guidance.
Copel LC.  
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2008 Feb;29(2):115-30.
Abstract
 

Sex Trafficking
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Preliminary Validation of the Sex Trafficking Attitudes Scale.
Houston-Kolnik JD, Todd NR, Wilson M.
Violence Against Women. 2016 Feb 1.
Abstract

Cyber Violence
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
The Cyber Aggression in Relationships Scale: A New Multidimensional Measure of Technology-Based Intimate Partner Aggression.
Watkins LE, Maldonado RC, DiLillo D.

Assessment
. 2016 Sep 2.

Abstract

Transgender Women Violence
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Impact of Sexual Violence Across the Lifespan on HIV Risk Behaviors Among Transgender Women and Cisgender People Living With HIV.
Smith LR, Yore J, Triplett DP,  et al

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
.
2017 Aug 1;75
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Sexworker Violence
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Impact of Sexual Violence Across the Lifespan on HIV Risk Behaviors Among Transgender Women and Cisgender People Living With HIV.
Smith LR, Yore J, Triplett DP,  et al

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
.
2017 Aug 1;75
A
bstract

 


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