NCJ Number
230622
Journal
Violence Against Women Volume: 16 Issue: 6 Dated: June 2010 Pages: 679-690
Date Published
June 2010
Length
12 pages
Annotation
This study examined battered women's use of medical and legal services.
Abstract
Little work has explored the extent to which female victims of intimate partner violence use medical and legal services. In this cross-sectional study of a sample of women seeking orders of protection at family court (N = 95), the authors report descriptive, self-report data on health care utilization and insurance coverage. Although 85 percent of the petitioners had private or public health insurance, 39 percent reported delayed medical care, and 14 percent had not obtained medical care of any kind. The response to address interpersonal violence victimization should attempt to connect women using the courts with needed health care services. Tables, figure, appendix, and references (Published Abstract)