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February 2008, Vol 98, No. 2 | American Journal of Public Health 197-198
© 2008 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.125765

LETTER

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: A GENDER-BASED ISSUE?

Elizabeth Reed, ScD

The author is with the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, Conn.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Elizabeth Reed, ScD, Yale University School of Public Health, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, 135 College St, Suite 200, New Haven, CT 06510 (e-mail: elizabeth.reed@yale.edu).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been widely examined through a framework that is based on male-perpetrated violence against women. However, recent studies, including a study published in the Journal, have initiated focus on female perpetration of IPV against male partners.1–3 The majority of such studies have not identified a framework for understanding this phenomenon. Given that a framework is needed for further progress in this arena, I defend a framework that recognizes IPV as a form of gender-based violence.

Existing research on this topic demonstrates that IPV became recognized initially as a critical threat to the health of society because . . . [Full Text]






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