Science news articles about 'abused women'

... women. Awareness of mothers with frequent infant health concerns can help health care providers ... violence sought health consultations for their infants. Abused women were more likely to seek infant care ...

... model. Khaw has applied the model to 25 abused women from varied backgrounds, identifying boundary ... something about it," she said. "Then, at Stage 4, when women take action, we see a lot of what we ...

... 2006. Approximately one-third of married Indian women (35.49 percent) reported they had experienced ... approximately four times greater than that of non-abused women," the authors report. Physical IPV ...

... abuse to seek care for their experiences," Bonomi said. Another striking finding was that all abused women, whether they experienced physical or psychological abuse, used significantly more mental ...

... 18 percent reported sexual abuse. Women who reported a higher frequency of childhood sexual ... Health, it is biologically plausible that childhood sexual abuse could influence age of menarche. Wise noted ...

... that occur much more often among abuse victims," she said. Bonomi said these results may be conservative, and that many abused women may suffer even higher rates of some health problems than the ...

A lack of funding and emergency housing is forcing many domestic violence victims to choose between the streets or an unhappy home, a study has found.

A lack of funding and emergency housing is forcing many domestic violence victims to choose between the streets or an unhappy home, a study has found.

... 't able to differentiate those roles very well, control issues and abuse of the women tended to continue after the separation." According to Hardesty, renegotiating boundaries after divorce poses ...