Do Pregnant Teens Have Higher Risk of Intimate Partner Violence than Pregnant Adult Women in Mexico?
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52427#.VJi6ucCAM4 Author(s) Rosario Valdez Santiago , Mariana Mojarro Iñiguez , Elisa Hidalgo Solorzano , Leticia Avila Burgos , Luz Arenas Monreal Affiliation(s) WHO Collaborating Centre for Injuries and Violence Research, National Institute of Public Health (INSP/Mexico), Cuernavaca, Mexico . ABSTRACT Objective: The objective of the study is to estimate the prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and identify factors linked to it in pregnant Mexican adult and adolescent women. Methods: Data were gathered by the National Survey of Violence against Women (2006), applied to women between the ages 15-49, users of Mexican ...