Domestic Violence and Pregnancy in Rural West Virginia

Recently, domestic violence has been recognized as a health problem of crisis proportion. Pregnant women are at twice the risk of battery. Abuse during pregnancy affects one woman in six. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the incidence of domestic violence in pregnant patients residin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cynthia A. Persily, Shamira Abdulla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rural Nurse Organization; Binghamton University 2000-12-01
Series:Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care
Online Access:https://rnojournal.binghamton.edu/index.php/RNO/article/view/483