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Identification of Domestic Violence in the Community Pediatric Setting
Need to Protect Mothers and Children
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2000;154:431-433.
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE is increasingly recognized as a major public health problem that particularly affects women—90% to 95% of domestic violence victims are women.1 More recently, domestic violence, and more specifically, the abuse of women has been recognized as a pediatric issue.2 The battering of women is intricately connected to child health. Child abuse occurs disproportionately in homes where domestic violence exists.3 Moreover, witnessing the battering of their mothers may result in significant psychosocial and developmental sequelae for children.4 This affects a significant proportion of the children in this country, as children who witness family violence far outnumber those who are direct victims of abuse (between 3.3 to 10 million children witness parental violence annually).3 Although most children who witness the battering of their mothers do not become victims or perpetrators of violence as adults, research suggests that up to 75% of men in batterer treatment programs report witnessing the abuse . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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