TY - JOUR
T1 - Sexual Coercion, Intimate Partner Violence, and Homicide
T2 - A Scoping Literature Review
AU - Smith, Emily Joan
AU - Bailey, Beth A.
AU - Cascio, Ariel
N1 - Funding Information:
Emily Joan Smith received stipend support for this work as a Central Michigan University College of Medicine Summer Research Scholar. We would like to thank the Summer Research Scholar Program for supporting this research. We would also like to thank biomedical librarian, Rebecca Renirie, for her expertise in creating search terms.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The specific relationship between sexual coercion, intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy, and intimate partner homicide (IPH) is poorly understood. Through a scoping literature review, we identified 101 studies on sexual coercion, IPV during pregnancy, and IPH and created a conceptual model suggesting unintended pregnancies may serve as both a risk factor for and a product of IPV that may escalate to IPH. We illustrate a healthcare systems intervention implication of this model in the context of the Colorado Family Planning Initiative (CFPI). Descriptive statistics suggest an inverse association between contraception access and IPH, which declined by 62% during the first 4 years of the CFPI. Interventions aimed at improving reproductive agency, including improving contraception access and reducing unintended pregnancy, may be a useful opportunity for clinician and health systems to contribute to reducing both lethal and nonlethal IPV.
AB - The specific relationship between sexual coercion, intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy, and intimate partner homicide (IPH) is poorly understood. Through a scoping literature review, we identified 101 studies on sexual coercion, IPV during pregnancy, and IPH and created a conceptual model suggesting unintended pregnancies may serve as both a risk factor for and a product of IPV that may escalate to IPH. We illustrate a healthcare systems intervention implication of this model in the context of the Colorado Family Planning Initiative (CFPI). Descriptive statistics suggest an inverse association between contraception access and IPH, which declined by 62% during the first 4 years of the CFPI. Interventions aimed at improving reproductive agency, including improving contraception access and reducing unintended pregnancy, may be a useful opportunity for clinician and health systems to contribute to reducing both lethal and nonlethal IPV.
KW - contraception
KW - intimate partner homicide
KW - intimate partner violence
KW - sexual coercion
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85147426558&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/15248380221150474
DO - 10.1177/15248380221150474
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85147426558
SN - 1524-8380
JO - Trauma, Violence, and Abuse
JF - Trauma, Violence, and Abuse
ER -