Childhood and adolescent sexual abuse (CSA) is associated with a wide variety of adverse
psychological and health outcomes, including negative sexual health outcomes. In this …

Violence against women affects millions of women, including women who are pregnant or
have recently given birth. During pregnancy, a woman's history of past abuse increases her …

The literature has documented the widespread nature of sexual assault victimization among
college women. While the aftermath of violence against university women has also received …

ContextIntimate partner violence against women is a major public health concern. Research
among adults has shown that younger age is a consistent risk factor for experiencing and …

The publicity about online “predators” who prey on naive children using trickery and
violence is largely inaccurate. Internet sex crimes involving adults and juveniles more often …

Objectives. Few reports address the impact of cumulative exposure to childhood abuse and
family dysfunction on teen pregnancy and consequences commonly attributed to teen …

Objective Recent increases in adolescent pregnancies have sparked a renewed impetus to
identify risk factors, such as childhood sexual abuse (CSA), associated with adolescent …

The terms MSM (men who have sex with men) and WSW (women who have sex with
women) have been used with increasing frequency in the public health literature to examine …

BACKGROUND: This study examined the efficacy of a family-planning-clinic-based
intervention to address intimate partner violence (IPV) and reproductive coercion. STUDY …

PURPOSE: Childhood and adolescent sexual abuse has been shown to lead to increased
odds of sexual behaviors that lead to sexually transmitted infections and early pregnancy …