CDC Recognizes Nurse Leader for Groundbreaking Research on Domestic Violence
December 6, 2012 | Story
RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar program director honored for work to protect battered women from injury and death.
Interpersonal Violence
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How a Personal Experience Led to a Program of Research Focused on Eliminating Intimate Partner Violence Disparities Among Hispanic Women
May 18, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Moments of romance and bliss turned into moments of anger, aggression and torment. Times of peace grew shorter and shorter, as he grew increasingly emotionally abusive. He did some “man handling” too. When I decided to go off to graduate school at J ...
Adulthood Stressors, History of Childhood Adversity, and Risk of Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
An examination of stress sensitization among perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) found that past-year stressors in adulthood increase the risk of IPV perpetration among people with a history of childhood adversity.
Perpetration of Physical Assault Against Dating Partners, Peers, and Siblings Among a Locally Representative Sample of High School Students in Boston, Massachusetts
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Ten percent of U.S. high school students experience dating violence. This study investigated whether Boston high school students had committed various types of physical abuse against their boyfriends and girlfriends the study also examined violence committed against siblings and peers.
Human Capital News Roundup: Nurses' assessment of quality of care, climate change, domestic violence, and more.
October 11, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of RWJF leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees.
Maternal Intimate Partner Violence and Increased Asthma Incidence in Children
March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the relationship between asthma onset in children and maternal intimate partner violence. Stress and early life adversity are thought to influence children's susceptibility to asthma and other immune diseases.
Hidden from Plain Sight
September 1, 2006 | Journal Article
More than 2 million women are injured by domestic violence and 500,000 require medical treatment annually, yet only 10 percent of primary care physicians routinely screen for domestic violence. The authors of this study examine whether resident phys ...