Health impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) on women of reproductive age: Do women with poorer health have greater prevalence of high-danger IPV traits?

Mitchell, Connie

Saturday, March 31, 2012: 9:50 AM-11:10 AM

Pacific A (San Francisco Marriott Marquis)

Speaker:
Connie Mitchell, MD, MPH, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health

Authors:
Moreen Libet, PhD, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health
Michael Curtis, PhD, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health

Presentation Format:
Scientific Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Review variables associated with femicide on the California Women's Health Survey compared to the Danger Assessment tool
Summarize the association between general health and exposure to IPV found in this analysis
Discuss the possible value of the Danger Assessment tool for stratifying risk exposure to IPV

Description:
The California Women’s Health Survey has 9 questions characterizing IPV exposure, 5 of which are questions associated with IPV-related femicide (“danger IPV”). We analyzed self-assessment of health from 2007-2009 survey results for women of child-bearing age; stratifying results as: no IPV disclosed; IPV with no “danger traits”; and IPV with “danger traits”. The prevalence of “danger IPV traits” was higher among women with poor or fair self-reported health than among women with excellent, very good or good self-reported health.