Frequency of Intimate Partner Violence among an Urban Emergency Department Sample: A Multilevel Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive public health problem. Within the U.S., urban emergency department (ED) patients have elevated prevalence of IPV, substance use, and other social problems compared to those in the general household population. Using a social-ecological framework, this cross-sectional study analyzes the extent to which individual, household, and neighborhood factors are associated with the frequency of IPV among a socially disadvantaged sample of urban ED patients. Confidential survey interviews were conducted with 1037 married/partnered study participants (46% male; 50% Hispanic; 29% African American) at a public safety-net hospital. Gender-stratified multilevel Tobit regression models were estimated for frequency of past-year physical IPV (perpetration and vi

SUBMITTER: Cunradi CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7796012 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature