Perinatal status and help-seeking for intimate partner violence.
Perinatal status and help-seeking for intimate partner violence.
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围产期状况和亲密伴侣暴力寻求帮助。
DOI：
10.1089/jwh.2008.1310
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2009
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Rhodes,KarinV
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Kothari,CatherineL;Cerulli,Catherine;Marcus,Steven;Rhodes,KarinV
背景：虽然已经有很多研究调查了怀孕和虐待之间的关系，但本研究是少数几个调查围产期状态（定义为怀孕或产后早期）是否影响受虐待妇女寻求帮助的研究之一。方法：我们回顾性地回顾了2000年全国范围内964名成年女性被亲密伴侣殴打的3年检察官行政记录、警察事件报告和医院医疗记录。使用卡方和一系列逻辑回归模型对围产期和非围产期受害者进行比较，控制所有人口统计学和事件相关因素。结果：与全县妇女相比，受虐待妇女怀孕的可能性是全县妇女的两倍（p< 0.001）。围产期状况没有改变向警察求助的比率（OR 1.1,p= 0.67）或向急诊科求助的比率（OR 1.1,p= 0.94），但它确实改变了攻击前6个月内急诊科使用率较高的求助模式（p< 0.01）和受伤较少的求助趋势（p= 0.10）。结论：受虐待的妇女更有可能怀孕。围产期状况影响受害者向刑事司法机构和急诊室寻求帮助的方式。
Background:Although there has been much research examining the relationship between pregnancy and abuse, this study is one of the few to investigate whether perinatal status (defined as pregnancy or early postpartum) impacts the help seeking of abused women.Methods:We retrospectively reviewed 3 years of prosecutor administrative records, police incident reports, and hospital medical records for a countywide population of adult females (n= 964) assaulted by an intimate partner in 2000. Perinatal and nonperinatal victims were compared using chi-square and a series of logistic regression models, controlling for all demographic and incident-related factors.Results:Compared with women across the county, abused women were twice as likely to become pregnant (p< 0.001). Perinatal status did not change the rate of help seeking from police (OR 1.1,p= 0.67) or emergency departments (ED) (OR 1.1,p= 0.94), but it did change the pattern of help seeking with higher ED use in the 6 months prior to the assault (p< 0.01) and a trend toward seeking help with fewer injuries (p= 0.10).Conclusions:Abused women are more likely to become pregnant. Perinatal status impacts how victims seek help from criminal justice agencies and EDs.