To systematically review the worldwide evidence on the prevalence of domestic violence
against women, to evaluate the quality of studies, and to account for variation in prevalence�…

This comprehensive review of the literature reports on the annual and lifetime prevalence of
domestic violence against women in the United States. Data on population-based samples�…

Domestic violence against women is pervasive and an unrecognized cause of chronic
mental and physical health problems. Although recently domestic violence has received�…

The results of three population‐based studies on violence against women in Nicaragua are
compared in this article. Two of the studies were regional in scope (Leon and Managua) and�…

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of, and
sociodemographic factors associated with, adult domestic violence within a Native American�…

The United Nations defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence
that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women�…

Background Domestic violence is the most common cause of nonfatal injury to women in the
United States. To identify risk factors for such injuries, we examined the socioeconomic and�…

The purpose of this article is to review the literature on women as perpetrators of violence in
their intimate relationships (ie, domestically violent women) and summarize the scant�…

Background: Domestic violence is considered one of the most common forms of gender-
related violence, and various studies estimate that between 10 and 35% of women�…

Violence against women is not a new phenomenon nor are its consequences to women's
physical, mental and reproductive health. What is new is the growing recognition that acts of�…