Partner violence: implications for health and community settings
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Study population and data collection
Women between the ages of 13 and 45, who resided in Memphis, Tennessee, were enrolled in a Medicaid managed care health plan (TennCare) as of March 1996, and who had a telephone number or address were eligible to participate in this study (n = 1,136). This study population was chosen for a larger study examining barriers to prenatal care and the population selection and tracking efforts have been described in detail elsewhere.18, 19 Excluding women who chose not to participate (n = 204) and
Results
For all study participants, most respondents were African-American, never married, more than high school educated, employed, poor and reported good health status (Table 1). Of the 392 women included in this analysis, 28% (n = 110) reported experiences of partner violence. There was an association between reporting partner violence and women being of older age, having a history of a previous marriage, having more than a high school education, or reporting poor health status. Race, employment,
Comment
Approximately 28% of the women in this study reported experiencing partner violence. This percentage is consistent with other literature1, 26 and illustrates the pervasiveness of partner violence. In this study population, women reported a higher occurrence of partner violence if they were older, previously married, or had more education. This is not consistent with other literature that generally supports a higher risk of partner violence for women who are of younger age and with less
Acknowledgements
This research was supported in part by a National Research Service Award Post-Doctoral and Pre-Doctoral Traineeship from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality sponsored by the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Grant No. T32 HS00032. The authors also acknowledge Carol Porter for her assistance in data analysis.
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