Hospital-treated assault injury among Victorian women aged 15 years and over due to intimate partner violence (IPV), Victoria 2009/10 to 2013/14 Erin Cassell and Angela Clapperton
By: Cassell, Erin.
Contributor(s): Clapperton, Angela.
Material type: ArticleSeries: Hazard.Publisher: Melbourne, Vic.: Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit, Monash Injury Research Institute 2015Description: 24 pages. 30 cm 30 cm; electronic document (24 pages); PDF file: 3.32 MB.Subject(s): ABUSED WOMEN | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES | HOSPITALISATIONS | INTERVENTION | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | PHYSICAL ABUSE | PREVALENCE | RISK FACTORS | STATISTICS | AUSTRALIA | VICTORIAOnline resources: Download paper, PDFItem type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Short paper | Family Violence library | TRVF000167 | Available | FV15080015 | |
Access online | Family Violence library | Online | Available | ON15080016 |
Hazard, no. 79, Winter 2015, 1-24
Part 1: Hospital study: Assault injury to women due to intimate partner violence (IPV), Victoria 2009/10 to 2013/14 / Erin Cassell and Angela Clapperton; Part 2: Summary of the current state of knowledge of IPV prevalence in Australia, the known risk factors for IPV and the efficacy and effectiveness of trialled interventions / Erin Cassell and Tharanga Fernando
The aims of this study are to investigate the frequency and pattern of physical injury among women presenting to hospital for treatment of injuries caused by IPV-related
assaults and to make a preliminary assessment of the completeness of IPV assault data held on hospital datasets with recommendations on ways to improve case capture. A summary of research findings published in recent literature
reviews on the prevalence, risk factors and interventions to address intimate partner violence is included in Part 2 of this report. (from the Introduction). Record #4778