The Chicago Women's Health Risk Study at a glance
By: [Carolyne Rebecca Block, principal author ; contributions by Christine Ovcharchyn Devitt ... et al.]
Contributors: Devitt, Christine A.; Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.; National Institute of Justice (U.S.)
Edition: Rev. September 27, 2004.
Publisher: Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Abused women -- Illinois -- Chicago.; Women -- Violence against -- Illinois -- Chicago.; Family violence -- Illinois -- Chicago.; Wife abuse -- Illinois -- Chicago.; Homicide -- Illinois -- Chicago.; Women -- Health risk assessment -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Description: The Chicago Women's Health Risk Study (CWHRS) was designed to give nurses, beat officers and other primary support people information they need to know in order to help women who are experiencing violence at the hands of an intimate partner lower the risk of life-threatening injury or death. ... The purpose of the CWHRS was to identify factors indicating significant danger of life-threatening injury or death in situations in which an intimate partner is physically abusing a woman.  We accomplished this by conducting a study that compared longitudinal data on abused women with similar data on women who had been killed by or who killed her intimate partner.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-16).
Cover title.
"October 25, 2001."
The CWHRS was supported by grant #96-IJ-CX-0020 awarded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.