Open AccessPerpetration of Intimate Partner Violence Among Men in Methadone Treatment Programs in New York City
Author(s) -
Nabila ElBassel,
Louisa Gilbert,
Elwin Wu,
Mingway Chang,
Jorge Fontdevila
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.2006.090712
Subject(s) - domestic violence , logistic regression , medicine , psychiatry , methadone , poison control , methadone maintenance , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , demography , clinical psychology , psychology , environmental health , sociology
This study examined the prevalence of perpetration of intimate partner violence among 356 men recruited from methadone maintenance treatment programs. We used logistic regression with covariance adjustment to examine the associations between intimate partner violence and illicit drug use by the participants, their female partners, or both. We found a high prevalence of intimate partner violence among the men in our sample. Significant associations between intimate partner violence and illicit drug use varied by types of drugs and whether the female partner or both partners were using drugs.