Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, USA.
Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2011 Feb;22(1 Pt 2):e95-100. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2010.01087.x. Epub 2010 Aug 24.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been shown to negatively impact the health of both the adults who experience IPV and the children who are exposed to IPV. Although IPV experienced by women has been linked to children's asthma, this study is the first to examine this question among both women and men, and the first study in the United States to examine this question as part of a population-based data set. In 2005, ten US states/territories administered an IPV module and a children's asthma module within the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Lifetime IPV was assessed by four questions that asked about threatened, attempted, or completed physical violence, as well as unwanted sex, by a current or former intimate partner. The children's asthma module asked respondents to report whether a randomly selected child in their household had ever been diagnosed with asthma and whether the same child currently had asthma. Women who experienced lifetime IPV, in contrast to women who never experienced IPV, were significantly more likely to report that their children had ever had asthma and currently have asthma. Among men, significant differences were not found when comparing men who reported lifetime IPV to those that did not report lifetime IPV. The results highlight the importance of primary prevention of IPV, as reducing the occurrence of IPV could improve not only the long-term health of those who experience IPV but also the health of their children.
亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）已被证明会对遭受 IPV 的成年人和暴露于 IPV 的儿童的健康产生负面影响。尽管女性遭受的 IPV 与儿童哮喘有关，但这项研究是首次在女性和男性中检验这一问题，也是美国首次在基于人群的数据集内检验这一问题的研究。2005 年，十个美国州/领地在行为风险因素监测系统（BRFSS）中实施了 IPV 模块和儿童哮喘模块。通过四个问题评估终生 IPV，这些问题询问当前或前任亲密伴侣的威胁、企图或实施的身体暴力，以及不受欢迎的性行为。儿童哮喘模块询问受访者他们家中是否有随机选择的孩子曾被诊断患有哮喘，以及该孩子目前是否患有哮喘。与从未经历过 IPV 的女性相比，经历过终生 IPV 的女性更有可能报告其孩子曾患有哮喘且目前患有哮喘。而在男性中，报告经历过终生 IPV 的男性与未报告经历过终生 IPV 的男性之间未发现显著差异。这些结果强调了预防 IPV 的重要性，因为减少 IPV 的发生不仅可以改善遭受 IPV 的人的长期健康，还可以改善其子女的健康。
