Attributing selected costs to intimate partner violence in a sample of women who have left abusive partners: A social determinants of health approach

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 359-380

  Varcoe, Colleen ^a   Hankivsky, Olena ^b   Ford Gilboe, Marilyn ^c   Wuest, Judith ^d   Wilk, Piotr ^e   Hammerton, Joanne ^a   Campbell, Jacquelyn ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^e WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic costs; Intimate partner violence; Social determinants; Women's health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EXPENDITURE; VIOLENCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

CANADA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

CANADA;

EID: 80053317622     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cpp.37.3.359     Document Type: Article

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