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African American Women: Domestic Violence and HelpSeeking Fact Sheet by Katherine E. Morrison, Ph.D.
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WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Each year, thousands of women are physically, emotionally, sexually, and verbally abused by their husbands or boyfriends. About one in three American women are the victim of an abusive male partner (American Medical Association, 2000).
While domestic violence is a common problem in the United States, there is some evidence that African-American women may be at increased risk for experiencing it. For example, it has been reported that:
Domestic violence may be as much as 35 percent higher among African-American women than among White women (Rennison, 2000).
African-American women may be as much as six times as likely to sustain injury from episodes of intimate partner violence (Joseph, 1997).
A leading cause of death among African-American women ages 15-45 is homicide at the hands of a male intimate partner (Campbell, 2002).
African-American women are less likely to seek out assistance from social …
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