Citation

Wadsworth P, Kothari C, Lubwama G, Brown CL, Frank Benton J. Fam. Community Health 2018; 41(2): 123-133.

Affiliation

Bronson School of Nursing, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo (Dr Wadsworth); Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Biomedical Sciences Department, Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo (Dr Kothari); and Kalamazoo YWCA, Kalamazoo, Michigan (Dr Lubwama and Mss Brown and Frank Benton).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/FCH.0000000000000186

PMID

29461361

Abstract

Intimate partner violence (IPV) predicts poor health for victims and their children, but little is known about the perspective of victims. This study reports the perspectives of adult female IPV victims about the impact of IPV on their health and barriers of health care access for themselves and their children. The majority rated their health as good to excellent (69%). However, 83.5% indicated that IPV negatively affected their health; 53.5% had unmet health care needs. Mental health care was the most common unmet need for women; children's unmet needs were immunizations and preventive care. Transportation difficulties posed the biggest barrier to health care access.

Language: en