Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence and Related Injuries Among Women in Yokohama, Japan

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ID11019604
AutoresMieko Yoshihama (0000-0002-6256-2071, Mieko Yoshihama is with the School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Julie Horrocks is with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario. Saori Kamano is with the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Tokyo, Japan.), John Horrocks (0000-0001-5857-7636, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research), Julie Horrocks (Mieko Yoshihama is with the School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Julie Horrocks is with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario. Saori Kamano is with the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Tokyo, Japan.), Saori Kamano (Mieko Yoshihama is with the School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Julie Horrocks is with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario. Saori Kamano is with the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Tokyo, Japan.)
Ano2007
Volume97
Fascículo2
Páginas232-234
Data de publicação2007-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2005.078113
PMID17194862
PMCIDPMC1781384
OpenAlexW2021443447
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas3

We estimated rates of intimate partner violence and related injuries in a sample of 1371 women aged 18 to 49 years in Yokohama, Japan. By the age of 30 years, 14.3% of women who had ever had a partner had experienced violence from that partner, and 3.3% had suffered injuries related to such violence. By the time women had reached the age of 49 years, these percentages were 19% and 4%, respectively. In addition to the need for increased prevention efforts, our findings indicate the need for an expanded legal definition of intimate partner violence in Japan given that the current definition excludes premarital violence

Domestic violence · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Intimate partner · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Demography · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine