General Material
The study was supported by VicHealth in partnership with the Department of Human Services and was conducted with contributions from a range of experts from across Victoria and elsewhere. While focusing on health, it complements a vast body of evidence demonstrating the serious social and economic consequences of intimate partner violence for individuals, families and communities.
Contents include:
- Intimate partner violence - a major burden on our health
- A summary of study findings
- Prevalent, serious and preventable. This is a public health issue
- Study focus and approach
- The prevalence of intimate partner violence
- Health problems experienced by women affected by intimate partner violence
- Understanding 'burden of disease' methodology: How it can be used to measure intimate partner violence
- Study strengths and limitations
- What the findings mean
- Taking action on intimate partner violence: A public health approach
