Madkour Aubrey Spriggs, Martin Sandra L, Halpern Carolyn Tucker, Schoenbach Victor J
Department of Community Health Sciences, Tulane Uiversity School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
Violence Vict. 2010;25(3):363-77. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.25.3.363.
Using data from the North Carolina Violent Death Reporting System and other sources, we examined ecologic relationships between county (n = 100) disadvantage and intimate partner homicide (IPH), variability by victim gender and county urbanicity, and potential mediators. County disadvantage was related to female-victim homicide only in metropolitan counties (incidence rate ratio [IRR] 1.25); however, disadvantage was associated with male-victim IPH regardless of county urbanicity (IRR 1.17). None of the potential intervening variables examined (shelter availability, intimate partner violence services' funding) was supported as a mediator. Results suggest disparities across North Carolina counties in IPH according to county disadvantage. Future research should explore other potential mediators (i.e., service accessibility and law enforcement responses), as well as test the robustness of findings using additional years of data.
利用北卡罗来纳州暴力死亡报告系统及其他来源的数据，我们研究了县（n = 100）层面的劣势与亲密伴侣杀人案（IPH）之间的生态关系、按受害者性别及县城市化程度划分的差异以及潜在的中介因素。县层面的劣势仅在大都市县与女性受害者杀人案相关（发病率比[IRR]为1.25）；然而，无论县的城市化程度如何，劣势都与男性受害者的亲密伴侣杀人案相关（IRR为1.17）。所考察的潜在干预变量（避难所可及性、亲密伴侣暴力服务资金）均未被证实为中介因素。结果表明，北卡罗来纳州各县在亲密伴侣杀人案方面存在因县层面劣势导致的差异。未来的研究应探索其他潜在的中介因素（如服务可及性和执法反应），并使用更多年份的数据来检验研究结果的稳健性。
