The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in their report titled “The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey” (http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/NISVS_Report2010-a.pdf) stated “Sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence are major public health problems in the United States.” For many of us who work with victims of domestic violence that statement comes as no surprise. We know that it’s not just physical or mental/emotional disorders the...

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recently issued an extensive report on Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault (http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/NISVS_Report2010-a.pdf) which is based on research performed during 2010. The report devoted an entire section to the health conditions victims suffer as a result of abuse.

According to the report poor health suffered by victims is a “biologic response to chronic stress associated with experiences of violence.” Illnesses like...

On Monday I wrote about how women who leave domestic violent relationships incur higher medical costs for the three years after the abuse has ended. 

News flash!  Children whose mothers are subject to Intimate Partner Violence (Domestic Violence) incur higher health care costs than children whose mothers have no history of abuse according to Science Daily (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071214183440.htm).  This should not come as a surprise.

The children who are exposed to v...

If you still think domestic violence is a private issue here is another fact. Domestic violence victims incur higher medical costs years after the abuse ends according to an article in Science Daily (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100426131559.htm).

According to the article victims of domestic violence have significantly higher health care costs than other women for three years after the abuse ends. Survivors of domestic violence incur higher health care costs than other women...