Abstract
This study aims to expand knowledge of partner abuse injury and help-seeking through a new source of data. We reviewed police reports during corresponding periods in 1996 and 1997 (n = 476). Complainants were injured in 17.4% of all incidents; 90% of those injured were women. Hispanics were more likely to be injured than non-Hispanics (OR = 2.06; 95% CI = 1.0, 4.25). The likelihood of injury decreased with each year of increasing age (OR = 0.95; CI = 0.91, 0.99). Only 20.5% of those injured consented to medical care. Police reports provide information on partner abuse injury that supplements hospital surveillance and household surveys.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-13 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Women and Health |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2000 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Domestic violence
- Injury
- Patient acceptance of health care
- Police
- Spouse abuse
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)
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Police reports on domestic incidents involving intimate partners : Injuries and medical help-seeking. / Duncan, Mary M.; Stayton, Catherine D.; Hall, Charles B.
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