TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Food insecurity and intimate partner violence against women: results from the California Women's Health Survey
JO  - Public health nutrition
A1  - Ricks, Joni L.
A1  - Cochran, Susan D.
A1  - Arah, Onyebuchi A.
A1  - Williams, John K.
A1  - Seeman, Teresa E.
SP  - 914
EP  - 923
VL  - 19
IS  - 5
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between food insecurity and intimate partner violence in a population-based sample of heterosexual women. <br><br>DESIGN: Logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between three levels of food insecurity and intimate partner violence. SETTING: Data from 6 years of the California Women's Health Survey. SUBJECTS: Randomly selected women (n 16 562) aged 18 years and older from the State of California, USA. <br><br>RESULTS: We found: (i) that African-American women had a higher prevalence of food insecurity and were more likely to report severe intimate partner violence; (ii) a strong positive association between food insecurity and intimate partner violence; (iii) evidence of effect modification of the association between food insecurity and intimate partner violence by marital status; and (iv) higher odds of intimate partner violence among those reporting more severe food insecurity. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Food insecurity is an important risk indicator for intimate partner violence among women. Understanding the factors that put women, especially minority women, at greatest risk facilitates intervention development.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1368-9800
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980015001986
ID  - ref1
ER  -