Author : Erica Turner
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ISBN 13 :
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Book Synopsis Examining the Association Between Mental Health Status and IPV Re-victimization Among Abused Women During Postpartum who Participated in the DOVE Study by : Erica Turner
Download or read book Examining the Association Between Mental Health Status and IPV Re-victimization Among Abused Women During Postpartum who Participated in the DOVE Study written by Erica Turner and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health problem that affects one in four women during their lifetime. IPV tends to follow a cycle and without intervention the violence can potentially increase in severity and/or frequency. Prior victimization and trauma history are risk factors for future re-victimization. Additionally, reports indicate that about one-third of women experience IPV during pregnancy. A question of interest is whether the mental health status of pregnant women would be associated with increased risk of IPV re-victimization since mental health disorders such as depression and posttraumatic stress disorder are common during pregnancy. This cross-sectional study was a secondary data analysis of the Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation (DOVE) Program. The primary aim of this study was to examine the association between depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and IPV re-victimization among abused women at 6-months postpartum. Additionally, this study explored social support as a moderator in the relationship between IPV re-victimization and depression and PSTD. Multiple logistic regression models were employed to examine the aims of this study demonstrated that there was a statistically significant relationship between postpartum depression and IPV re-victimization at 6 months postpartum (p = 0.00). When social support was introduced as a covariate, the relationship between depression and IPV re-victimization increased (p = 0.01). When social support was added to the model as a moderating variable, the combination of depression and medium social support increased the risk of IPV re-victimization ten-fold. Findings from this demonstrate the need to continue to support programs that screen for mental health of women throughout the perinatal period and increase support interventions that effectively manage the impact of postpartum depression. Policies that focus on improving the health of women prior to pregnancy should include continuing to fund preconception health through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) where key preventive services recommendations include screening for IPV and mental health. The unexpected finding related to social support’s influence on the relationship between IPV re-victimization and depression warrants the need for future studies that examine what type of social support women need that could reduce the likelihood of them being re-victimized.