Citation

Sabri B, Granger DA. Health Care Women Int. 2018; 39(9): 1038-1055.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07399332.2018.1491046

PMID

30906110

PMCID

PMC6428086

Abstract

Gender-based violence (GBV) and trauma can dysregulate and recalibrate environmentally sensitive physiological (i.e. central nervous, endocrine, and immune) systems placing survivors at risk for multiple health problems. The researchers build the case that the effects of GBV are likely to be particularly high impact and contribute to health disparities for marginalized survivors of GBV. Further, the researchers underscore a need for a multi-level bio-socio-ecological model that deciphers, characterizes, and explains individual differences in these effects and the need to establish an evidence base from which to derive interventions that address biological effects of toxic stress among marginalized survivors of GBV.

Language: en