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Apr 7, 2022 · Domestic abuse, also known as domestic violence, is a serious public health issue that affects individuals and families across the globe. The public health effects of domestic abuse can be significant and long-lasting, with survivors experiencing a range of physical and mental health consequences. The AMA is committed to reducing the culture of violence and domestic abuse. Stay up-to-date with ...
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Feb 14, 2022 · The Washington Post (2/17, Suliman) reports, “More than 1 in 4 women in the world have experienced domestic violence in their lifetimes, according to a study published Wednesday.” The study “used statistics from the World Health Organization’s global database on the prevalence of violence against women from before the coronavirus ...
How domestic abuse gets missed as America stays home
Jun 2, 2020 · What’s the news: The stress, anxiety and fear associated with COVID-19 job losses, stay-at-home orders and physical distancing requirements can contribute to a “hidden crisis” of intimate-partner violence, child abuse and elder abuse, AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA, explained in an op-ed published by NBC News.
Tips to help you ID intimate partner violence via telehealth
Oct 28, 2021 · Patients who need help can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-SAFE (7233). They also can text LOVEIS to 22522 or log onto thehotline.org for more discreet options. The Urban Resource Institute, based in New York City, offers these safety planning tips to share with patients experiencing IPV.
Systems approach can improve intimate-partner violence screening
“One of the ways to improve health outcomes, decrease the very high rates of obesity, hypertension, depression, poor education outcomes and chronic disease is to implement domestic-violence screening,” said Dr. McCaffree. Knowing why to pursue this screening and knowing how best to do it are, of course, two separate questions.
AMA urges High Court to keep firearms away from domestic abusers
Aug 23, 2023 · CHICAGO – The American Medical Association (AMA) and four other health professional organizations filed an amicus brief (PDF) in the U.S. Supreme Court asserting that upholding firearm prohibitions on domestic violence abusers who are the subject of restraining orders is a necessary and constitutional protection that …
Firearms compound the tragedy and trauma of domestic violence
Nov 6, 2023 · In 2018, the AMA adopted policy that supports prohibiting persons who are under domestic violence restraining orders, convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence crimes, or stalking, from possessing or purchasing firearms as well as requiring domestic violence restraining orders to be entered into the National Instant Criminal Background Check ...
Preventing violence - American Medical Association
While yearly domestic violence rates have dropped dramatically by 64% from 1993 to 2010, and the number of individuals killed by an intimate partner declined 26% for women and 48% for men between 1993 and 2012, domestic violence remains a critical problem in the United States. The AMA recognizes that more work must take place.
Threats, intimidation against doctors and health workers must end
Feb 3, 2022 · COVID-19-related violence against physicians has also translated to the digital world, with recent surveys indicating that at least one-quarter of reporting U.S. physicians having experienced attacks or harassment on social media on topics such as vaccines, guns, patient care, race, or religion.
Physicians to high court: Keep firearms out of abusers’ hands
Sep 27, 2023 · The man was not allowed access to a firearm after a Texas state court found that he committed family violence and then imposed a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO). The man violated that order, threatening another woman with a firearm and participating in a series of five shootings, court records show.