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Identifying Pregnant Women Experiencing Domestic Violence in an Urban Emergency Department

Douglas J. Wiebe

Colleen M. Brensinger

University of Pennsylvania

Deborah B. Nelson

Temple University

The article describes characteristics of pregnant women presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) who are experiencing current violence and presented a screening tool to identify pregnant women experiencing violence. Women completed an in-person interview regarding violence, sociodemo-graphic factors, health status, and drug use. Fifteen percent of women reported at least one episode of violence during the pregnancy. Young age (OR = 3.37, 95% CI: 1.79-6.36), current alcohol use (OR = 1.53, 95% CI: 1.06-2.19), current marijuana use (OR = 1.96, 95% CI: 1.32-2.92), less than a high school education (OR = 1.46, 95% CI: 1.01-2.12), and a prior diagnosis of trichomonas (OR = 1.81, 95% CI: 1.20-2.72) were significantly related to experiencing current violence. Screening patients using these five characteristics identified 8 out of 10 women reporting violence (sensitivity = 75.6%). These results identify a set of predictors that may be helpful in identifying pregnant women who are experiencing current domestic violence.

Key Words: domestic violence • pregnancy • screening tools

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 22, No. 1, 124-135 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0886260506295000


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