Citation

McMahon PM, Goodwin MM, Stringer G. Matern. Child Health J. 2000; 4(2): 121-124.

Affiliation

Tulane School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, and the Louisiana Office of Public Health, New Orleans 70112, USA. pmcmahon@dhh.state.la.us

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10994580

Abstract

Sexual violence is a significant public health problem, and has been linked to adverse effects on women's physical and mental health. Although some advances in the research have been made, more scientific exploration is needed to understand the potential association between sexual violence and women's reproductive health, and to identify measures that could be implemented in reproductive health care settings to assist women who have experienced sexual violence. Three general areas needing further study include (1) expansion of the theoretical frameworks and analytic models used in future research, (2) the reproductive health care needs of women who have experienced sexual violence, (3) and intervention strategies that could be implemented most effectively in reproductive health care settings.

Language: en