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Jamila Kerimova, MD, Samuel F. Posner, PhD, Y. Teresa Brown, MPH, Susan Hillis, PhD, Susan Meikle, MD and Ann Duerr, MD, PhD, MPH

At the time of the study, Jamila Kerimova was with Relief International, Baku, Azerbaijan. Samuel F. Posner, Y. Teresa Brown, Susan Hillis, Susan Meikle, and Ann Duerr are with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 4770 Buford Highway Mail Stop K-34, Atlanta, GA 30341–3724 (e-mail: shp5@cdc.gov).

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	INTRODUCTION

 
Previous reports have shown that forced sexual intercourse and other forms of gender-based violence are a persistent public health problem for refugee or internally displaced women.^1–6 (Internal displacement is defined as forced relocation within a person’s country of citizenship because of some catastrophic event.) In some settings, the proportion of refugee or internally displaced women reporting some type of gender-based violence exceeds 60%.^7,8 Sexual violence against refugee or internally displaced women can cause women to flee their homelands.^9–14 Unfortunately, these women are not always safe from harm after their relocation or after resettlement.^4,12,15–18 Investigation of sexual violence affecting these women, . . . [Full Text]

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