Feature Story

July 6, 2009

Intimate abuse study finds clear links with poor health and calls for holistic primary care approach

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News:

Nearly a quarter of married and cohabiting women who took part in a survey said that they had been sexually, psychologically or physically abused by their partner. Researchers who studied the 2,746 responses found a clear link between abuse and poor health. 18.2 percent of the respondents had been psychologically abused, 3.3 percent had been physically abused and 1.3 percent had been sexually abused. Read more from this post.