Public Health Nutrition · 2015 · 114 citations · 33 references
Public HealthPopulation Health SciencesPublic Health NutritionNutritional EpidemiologyViolence PreventionWomen's HealthFood InsecurityHousehold Food InsecurityHousehold Food SecurityIntimate Partner Violence PreventionViolence Against WomenViolence EpidemiologyFood Insecurity DeterminantsFood Insecurity Prevalence EstimationHousehold Food Insecurity AssessmentHousehold Food Insecurity Experience ScaleHousehold Food Insecurity MeasurementHousehold Food Security ScaleHousehold Food Security StatusHousehold Food Security Survey
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between food insecurity and intimate partner violence in a population-based sample of heterosexual women. DESIGN: Logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between three levels of food insecurity and intimate partner violence. SETTING: Data from 6 years of the California Women's Health Survey. SUBJECTS: Randomly selected women (n 16 562) aged 18 years and older from the State of California, USA. RESULTS: We found: (i) that African-American women had a higher prevalence of food insecurity and were more likely to report severe intimate partner violence; (ii) a strong positive association between food insecurity and intimate partner violence; (iii) evidence of effect modification of the association between food insecurity and intimate partner violence by marital status; and (iv) higher odds of intimate partner violence among those reporting more severe food insecurity. CONCLUSIONS: Food insecurity is an important risk indicator for intimate partner violence among women. Understanding the factors that put women, especially minority women, at greatest risk facilitates intervention development.
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The Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2)
Murray A. Straus, Sherry Hamby, Sue Boney‐McCoy et al. · Journal of Family Issues · 1996 · 6.9K citations