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Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Measuring the impact of intimate partner violence on the health of women in Victoria, Australia
Other Titles:	World Health Organization. Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Authors:	Piers, L. S et al Magnus, A Vos, T Astbury, J
Year:	2006
Publisher:	World Health Organisation
Citation:	No 9 Vol.: 84
Notes:	Using burden of disease methodology, estimate the health risks of intimate partner violence (IPV) among women in Victoria, Australia. We calculated population attributable fractions (from survey data on the prevalence of IPV and the relative risks of associated health problems in Australia) and determined health outcomes by applying them to disability-adjusted life year estimates for the relevant disease and injury categories for Victoria, Australia for 2001. For women of all ages IPV accounted for 2.9% (95% uncertainty interval 2.4-3.4%) of the total disease and injury burden. Among women 18-44 years of age, IPV was associated with 7.9% (95% uncertainty interval 6.4-9.5%) of the overall disease burden and was a larger risk to health than risk factors traditionally included in burden of disease studies, such as raised blood pressure, tobacco use and increased body weight. Poor mental health contributed 73% and substance abuse 22% to the disease burden attributed to IPV. Our findings suggest that IPV constitutes a significant risk to women's health. Mental health policy-makers and health workers treating common mental health problems need to be aware that IPV is an important risk factor. Future research should concentrate on evaluating effective interventions to prevent women being exposed to violence, and identifying the most appropriate mental health care for victims to reduce short- and long-term disability. Copyright - Copyright World Health Organization Sep 2006Last updated - 2013-02-09CODEN - BWHOA6References1. Ezzati M, Lopez AD, Rodgers A, Vander Hoorn S, Murray CJ. Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease. Lancet 2002; 360:1347-60.2. Murray CJ, Lopez AD. Global mortality, disability, and the contribution of risk factors: Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet 1997;349:1436-42.3. Mouzos J, Makkai T. Women's experiences of male violence, findings from the Australian component of the International Violence Against Women Survey (IVAWS). Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology; 2004.4. Sundby J. Are women disfavoured in the estimation of disability adjusted life years and the global burden of disease? Scand J Public Health 1999; 27:279-85.5. World Health Organization. The world report on violence and health. Geneva: WHO; 2002.6. Desai S, Arias I, Thompson MP, Basile KC. Childhood victimization and subsequent adult revictimization assessed in a nationally representative sample of women and men. Violence Vict 2002;17:639-53.7. Coker AL, Davis KE, Arias I, Desai S, Sanderson M, Brandt HM, et al. Physical and mental health effects of intimate partner violence for men and women. Am J Prev Med 2002;23:260-8.8. Campbell JC. Health consequences of intimate partner violence. Lancet 2002;359:1331-6.9. Astbury J. Gender disparities in mental health. Background report for World Health Assembly Roundtables. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2001.10. Vos T, Begg S. The Victorian burden of disease study: Morbidity. Melbourne: Department of Human Services; 1999.11. Department of Human Services Victoria. The burden of disease and injuries in Victoria, 2001. Melbourne: Department of Human Services, Victoria; 2005.12. The world health report: reducing risks, promoting healthy life. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2002.13. Women's Safety Survey. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics; 1996.14. Brown W, Bryson L, Byles JE, Dobson AJ, Manderson L, Schofield M, et al. Women's Health Australia: establishment of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. J Women's Health 1996;5:467-72.15. Women's Health Australia. Overview of ALSWH project and data. February 2006. Available from: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/centre/wha/infodata. html.16. Taft AJ, Watson LF, Lee C. Violence against young Australian women and association with reproductive events: a cross-sectional analysis of a national population sample. Aust N Z J Public Health 2004;28:324-9.17. Mouzos J. Femicide: An overview of major findings. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology; 1999. p. 12418. Roberts GL, O'Toole BI, Raphael B, Lawrence JM, Ashby R. Prevalence study of domestic violence victims in an emergency department. Ann Emerg Med 1996;27:741-53.19. Walter S. The estimation and interpretation of attributable risk in health research. Biometrics 1976;32:829-49.20. English D, Holman C, Milne E, Winter MG, Hulse GK, Codde JP, et al. The quantification of drug caused morbidity and mortality in Australia. Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health; 1995.21. Crime and Safety, Australia, 2002. Catalogue 4509.0. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics; 2003.22. Mazza D, Dennerstein L, Garamszegi CV, Dudley EC. The physical, sexual and emotional violence history of middle-aged women: a community-based prevalence study. Med J Aust 2001;175:199-201.Astbury, J. (2001). Gender disparities in mental health. In Mental health[cut]
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ISSN:	429686
Physical description:	Pages 739-44
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