Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 3-12 , January 2007

Women’s experiences with violence: A national study

  • Kathryn E. Moracco, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • UNC Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Beth Moracco, PhD, MPH, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 1516 East Franklin Street, Suite 200, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.
    • ,
  • Carol W. Runyan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • UNC Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • J. Michael Bowling, PhD

      Affiliations

    • UNC Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Jo Anne L. Earp, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Received 10 January 2006 ,Accepted 16 March 2006.

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PII: S1049-3867(06)00109-5

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.03.007

Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 3-12 , January 2007

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