• Public health · Oct 2013

    Trajectory of intimate partner violence and healthcare seeking over the life course: study of Japanese women in the Tokyo metropolitan area, Japan.

    • A Kamimura, M Yoshihama, and D Bybee.
    • Department of Sociology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. Electronic address: akiko.kamimura@utah.edu.
    • Public Health. 2013 Oct 1; 127 (10): 902-7.

    ObjectivesTo describe the trajectory of, and examine factors affecting, intimate partner violence (IPV) and IPV-specific healthcare seeking among Japanese women over the life course.Study DesignLife course study.MethodOne hundred and one women, aged 24-80 years, who had a lifetime history of IPV were interviewed in the Tokyo metropolitan area, Japan in 2005 and 2006. Life course data were collected according to the life history calendar method. Hierarchical linear modelling was used to examine IPV-specific healthcare seeking over the life course.ResultsInjury, formal or informal help seeking, public assistance, worse self-rated health status and smoking significantly increased the likelihood of IPV-specific healthcare seeking over the life course. There are significant cohort effects on healthcare seeking. The results suggest that women who experience IPV may seek healthcare services not only immediately after the first occurrence of IPV, but also later in life.ConclusionsIPV is not always associated with immediate healthcare seeking. In particular, sexual IPV is not significantly associated with healthcare seeking. Pursuing formal and informal help is associated with healthcare seeking.Copyright © 2013 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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