Intimate partner violence prevalence and HIV risks among women receiving care in emergency departments: Implications for IPV and HIV screening

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-259

  El Bassel, Nabila ^a   Gilbert, Louisa ^a   Wu, Elwin ^a   Chang, Mingway ^a   Gomes, Carla ^a   Vinocur, Danielle ^a   Spevack, Theodore ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b ST BARNABAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34247239797     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.041541     Document Type: Article

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