Prevalence of Abuse and Violence Before, During, and After Pregnancy in a National Sample of Canadian Women.
Objectives. We describe the prevalence of abuse before, during, and after pregnancy among a national population-based sample of Canadian new mothers. Methods. We estimated prevalence, frequency, and timing of physical and sexual abuse, identified category of perpetrator, and examined the distributio...
| Published in: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 102; no. 10; pp. 1893 - 1902 |
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