Open AccessExperiences of Intimate Partner Violence and Related Injuries Among Women in Yokohama, Japan
Author(s) -
Mieko Yoshihama,
Julie Horrocks,
Saori Kamano
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2005.078113
Subject(s) - domestic violence , intimate partner , injury prevention , suicide prevention , occupational safety and health , poison control , medicine , human factors and ergonomics , demography , environmental health , sociology , pathology
We estimated rates of intimate partner violence and related injuries in a sample of 1371 women aged 18 to 49 years in Yokohama, Japan. By the age of 30 years, 14.3% of women who had ever had a partner had experienced violence from that partner, and 3.3% had suffered injuries related to such violence. By the time women had reached the age of 49 years, these percentages were 19% and 4%, respectively. In addition to the need for increased prevention efforts, our findings indicate the need for an expanded legal definition of intimate partner violence in Japan given that the current definition excludes premarital violence.