Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 5 , Pages 290-299 , September 2007

Partner Violence Among Women Before, During, and After Pregnancy: Multiple Opportunities for Intervention

  • Rebecca J. Macy, PhD, MSW

      Affiliations

    • School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Rebecca J. Macy, School of Social Work, Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building, 301 Pittsboro Street CB #3550, Chapel Hill, NC 27599; Phone: 919-843-2435; fax: 919-962-0890.
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  • Sandra L. Martin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  • Lawrence L. Kupper, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  • Cecelia Casanueva, PhD

      Affiliations

    • RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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  • Shenyang Guo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Received 6 November 2006 ,Accepted 30 March 2007.

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 Funded by Grant 5 R29 MH56540-03 from the National Institute of Mental Health.

PII: S1049-3867(07)00059-X

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.03.006

Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 5 , Pages 290-299 , September 2007