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Article: Reports from Loyola University advance knowledge in women's health.(Report)
- Article from:
- Women's Health Weekly
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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According to a study from the United States, "This study explores the effect of pregnancy on women's risk of IPV victimization."
"Previous studies have produced conflicting findings and have been limited by comparing only two categories of IPV. The current study included analyses of the effect of pregnancy on three statuses of IPV: no abuse, nonlethal abuse, and lethal abuse. The data used for this project are taken from the first phase of the Chicago Women's Health Risk Study (CWHRS)," wrote R. Taylor and colleagues, Loyola University (see also Women's Health).
The researchers concluded: "Suggest that both nonlethal and lethal abuse statuses differ ...