Domestic Violence in the Workplace

Details

• Personal Author:
  Harland K ; Peek-Asa, Corinne
• Description:
  Every year, an estimated 1.8 million women report severe physical assault by an intimate partner. The lifetime prevalence of intimate partner violence for women is 25% to 30%. This violence includes physical and sexual assault as well as psychological victimization, and the estimates likely underestimate the actual occurrence of partner violence. Most of these victims, and the perpetrators of this violence, are members of the workforce. Violence against women, often perpetrated by male partners or ex-partners, has been linked with injuries, homicide, and other short-term and long-term sequelae, including complications of pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes, sexually transmitted diseases, chronic pain syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, posttraumatic stress disorder, and depression. Much less is known about the effects of partner violence in the workplace, but logic would indicate that with the number of victims and the severity of the consequences, the effects are likely to be broad. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics Violence Women
• Keywords:
  Gender Factors Mental Health Post-traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
• ISBN:
  9781412960472
• Publisher:
  SAGE Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Iowa ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063816
• Citation:
  Encyclopedia of victimology and crime prevention. Fisher BS, Lab SP, eds. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2010 Feb; :1066-1070
• Editor(s):
  Fisher BS; Lab SP
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Encyclopedia of victimology and crime prevention
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222368/cdc_222368_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 622.15 KB ]