CONTEXT: Although there is increasing recognition of the global scope of domestic violence and the potential reproductive health consequences of violence, little is known about the relationship betwee

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Reproductive Health and Intimate Partner Violence (1999) · doi

  Through the conference conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with other government agencies and private organizations, it has been demonstrated that while there is an increased awareness of intimate partner violence as a public health issue, there has been limited research on the potential association of violence to women's reproductive health.

  Keywords: there violence health conference conducted centers disease control prevention along government agencies private organizations increased
• Relationship Violence Among Couples Seeking Therapy: Common Couple Violence or Battering? (2007) · doi

  Relationship violence is highly prevalent among couples seeking therapy (Ehrensaft and Vivian, 1996; Jouriles and O'Leary, 1985), yet few couple therapists regularly assess for violence (Dimidjian, Berns, and Jacobson, 1999), and there is limited research on the type of violence most characteristic of couples in this population.

  Keywords: violence couples relationship highly prevalent among seeking therapy ehrensaft vivian jouriles leary couple therapists regularly
• Domestic Violence and Symptoms of Gynecologic Morbidity Among Women in North India (2006) · doi

  CONTEXT: Although there is increasing recognition of the global scope of domestic violence and the potential reproductive health consequences of violence, little is known about the relationship between physical and sexual domestic violence and gynecologic morbidity in developing country settings.

  Keywords: violence domestic context there increasing recognition global scope potential reproductive health consequences little known relationship