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Intimate Partner Violence

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious but preventable form of violence that affects millions of Americans. Previously known as Domestic Violence, IPV, as defined by the CDC, includes physical violence, sexual violence, stalking, and psychological aggression by a current or former partner or spouse. It can occur among heterosexual and same-sex couples and in teen and elderly couples and does not require cohabitation or sexual intimacy (Smith SG, Zhang X, Basile KC, Merrick MT, Wang J, Kresnow M, Chen J. The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS): 2015 data brief – updated release, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, 2018).

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Buchanan, A.H., Jakuboski, S. (2022). Intimate Partner Violence. In: Paulman, P.M., Taylor, R.B., Paulman, A.A., Nasir, L.S. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54441-6_28

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