A Preventable Burden: Measuring and Addressing the Prevalence and Health Impacts of Intimate Partner Violence in Australian Women: Key Findings and Future Directions

This report outlines findings on the health impacts of intimate partner violence and the contribution it makes to the overall disease burden in Australian women. The findings are considered in the context of other evidence and the implications for policy, practice and further research are discussed.

Author(s): Kim Webster
Organisation: Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety (ANROWS)
Year Published: 2016
Language: English

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