Hannah B Sawyer, Brianna N Jackson, Jessica R Prince, Grace McKee, Kathy Gill-Hopple, Sanjay Das, Amanda K Gilmore, Emma C Lathan
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to understand the impact of anal/vaginal injury and intimate partner violence (IPV) on women's (n = 679) reproductive healthcare utilization in the year following a sexual assault medical-forensic examination. A significant main effect of IPV on reproductive healthcare visits was found such that experiencing IPV was associated with an increase in the incidence rate for count of obstetrics-gynecology/sexually transmitted infection visits across anal/vaginal injury models. Further, IPV was not found to significantly moderate the relationship between anal/vaginal injury and reproductive healthcare utilization. Implications surrounding sexual assault survivors long-term are discussed.
期刊介绍:
Violence against Women is an international, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the publication of research and information on all aspects of the problem of violence against women. The journal assumes a broad definition of violence; topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, domestic violence, sexual assault, incest, sexual harassment, female infantcide, female circumcision, and female sexual slavery.