{"id":269,"date":"2011-08-05T12:20:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T19:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oursilverribbon.org\/blog\/?p=269"},"modified":"2011-08-05T12:20:16","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T19:20:16","slug":"sf-chron-domestic-violence-spotlighted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oursilverribbon.org\/?p=269","title":{"rendered":"SF Chron: Domestic Violence Spotlighted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oursilverribbon.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SF_Chrno_article-Dom-Violence-ES.pdf\">Ellen Shaffer, SF Chronicle: Domestic Violence Spotlighted<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OPEN FORUM: <strong><em>On Women\u2019s Health<\/em><\/strong> <strong><br \/>\nDomestic violence spotlighted<br \/>\nBy Ellen R. Shaffer<br \/>\nH<\/strong>er husband described the abuse: \u201cI would hold her hostage and terrorize her.\u201d The Kaiser patient reported how she finally decided to leave: \u201cI\u2019ll never forget the office visit when my physician said, \u2018I\u2019m afraid if your husband doesn\u2019t kill you, the stress will.\u2019 \u201d This week\u2019s groundbreaking decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to require health plans to cover domestic violence counseling without requiring a co-pay will give women and their health care providers an important new incentive to call out the distress signals of abuse, and to take action.<\/p>\n<p>Domestic violence is a widespread, harmful and expensive public health issue. Public awareness campaigns, advocacy groups and laws offer support and a way out, but too many individuals remain isolated and stigmatized. Every year, 2 million women experience domestic violence, more than new cases of breast cancer or deaths from cardiovascular disease.<span id=\"_marker\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8230;Studies show that health care professionals can help to effectively break the cycle by bringing the problem to the surface and offering resources. In one study, women who talked to a health care provider about abuse were nearly four times more likely to use an intervention such as calling a support hotline. On follow-up, they reported fewer threats of violence and assaults. The majority ended their relationships with violent partners and did not re-enter an abusive relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><em>San Francisco Chronicle, August 5, 2011\u00a0 p. A 14<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ellen Shaffer, SF Chronicle: Domestic Violence Spotlighted OPEN FORUM: On Women\u2019s Health Domestic violence spotlighted By Ellen R. Shaffer Her husband described the abuse: \u201cI would hold her hostage and terrorize her.\u201d The Kaiser patient reported how she finally decided &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oursilverribbon.org\/?p=269\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oursilverribbon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oursilverribbon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oursilverribbon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oursilverribbon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oursilverribbon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oursilverribbon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oursilverribbon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oursilverribbon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oursilverribbon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}