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Article: African American Women: Domestic Violence and Help-Seeking Fact Sheet by Katherine E. Morrison, Ph.D.
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- AScribe Health News Service
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- October 21, 2005
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Byline: Wellesley Centers for Women - Wellesley College
Wellesley, Mass., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Each year, thousands of women are physically, emotionally, sexually, and verbally abused by their husbands or boyfriends. About one in three American women are the victim of an abusive male partner (American Medical Association, 2000).
While domestic violence is a common problem in the United States, there is some evidence that African-American women may be at increased risk for experiencing it. For example, it has been reported that:
Domestic violence may be as much as 35 percent higher among African-American women than among White women ...