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Kathryn Laughon1, Paula Renker, Nancy Glass
1University of Virginia School of Nursing, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. klaughon@virginia.edu
Abstract:
The Abuse Assessment Screen has been used since 1987 to identify and assess for intimate partner violence in a wide variety of clinical and research settings. It has been translated and successfully used in at least 7 languages in addition to English. Meanwhile, a growing body of research indicates that nonlethal strangulation (commonly called "choking") is a significant form of intimate partner violence and that choking has substantial consequences for the health of the woman. This paper describes the modification of the Abuse Assessment Screen to include "choking."
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