Health-sector responses to intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income settings: a review of current models, challenges and opportunities

There is growing recognition of the public-health burden of intimate partner violence (IPV) and the potential for the health sector to identify and support abused women. Drawing upon models of health-sector integration, this paper reviews current initiatives to integrate responses to IPV into the he...

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Main Authors: Manuela Colombini, Susannah Mayhew, Charlotte Watts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2008-08-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862008000800018&lng=en&tlng=en