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Violence during pregnancy: Preliminary findings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Deborah Walsh
Deborah Walsh*
Affiliation:
School of Social Work, University of Melbourne and Royal Women's Hospital
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Domestic violence has been a highlighted concern for some years. This has resulted in governments now providing recurrent funding for a range of domestic violence service provisions. The funding of services has given rise to a significant shift in service delivery, moving from volunteers staffing services to the development of specialised professional expertise in a range of domestic violence service provisions.

A number of years practice experience in the field, together with a review of the literature, leads to the conclusion that pregnancy may be a vulnerable time for some women whose partners choose to use violence. This has grave implications for the short, medium and long term health and welfare of these women and children.

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Children Australia , Volume 27 , Issue 4: SPECIAL ISSUE The Second Kath Dawe Memorial Lecture and ‘Our children our future … domestic violence and its consequences’ Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 15 May 2002 , 2002 , pp. 17 - 21
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