Utility of Hospital Emergency Department Data for Studying Intimate Partner Violence

The authors examine 12 months of emergency department visit data (N = 2,521) from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System All Injury Program and explore its utility for measuring and studying intimate partner violence. Given the dearth of national data on intimate partner violence-related...

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Published in:Journal of marriage and family 2005-11, Vol.67 (4), p.960-970
Main Authors: Saltzman, Linda E., Mahendra, Reshma R., Ikeda, Robin M., Ingram, Eben M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assault
Community Education
Data analysis
Data Collection
Data Interpretation
Departments
Disease Control
Domestic violence
emergency department
Emergency departments
Emergency Medical Services
Family studies
Family Violence
Females
Focus Groups
Health Services
hospital
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Injuries
Instructional Effectiveness
Intimate partner violence
Intimate partners
Issues in Research Design
Males
Marriage
Medical Services
Patients
Physical trauma
Prevention
Preventive medicine
Program Evaluation
Public Health
Qualitative Research
Rape
Researchers
Sexual violence
Surveillance
Terrorism
Victims of Crime
Violence
Violence against women
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Summary:The authors examine 12 months of emergency department visit data (N = 2,521) from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System All Injury Program and explore its utility for measuring and studying intimate partner violence. Given the dearth of national data on intimate partner violence-related injury and its potential value for public health surveillance and prevention, the data set appears promising for estimating national rates of emergency department visits. Missing perpetrator-patient relationship data limit estimation of intimate partner-related hospital visits for injury and pain, which precludes national rate estimation at this time, but the data are still useful for describing documented intimate partner violence cases and may be helpful in designing prevention strategies.
ISSN:0022-2445
1741-3737
DOI:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2005.00187.x