Preface

 
Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States

Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Atlanta, Georgia
March 2003

Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States is a publication of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH
Director

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Sue Binder, MD
Director

Division of Violence Prevention
W. Rodney Hammond, PhD
Director

Etiology and Surveillance Branch
Ileana Arias, PhD
Chief

Suggested Citation: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2003.

 
Contributors

The following individuals contributed to analyses and research efforts that made this report possible:

Ileana Arias, PhD
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC

Robert Bardwell, PhD
Bardwell Consulting, Ltd.

Eric Finkelstein, PhD
Research Triangle Institute International

Jacqueline Golding, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Steven Leadbetter, MS
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC

Wendy Max, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Howard Pinderhughes, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Dorothy Rice, ScD (Hon.)
University of California, San Francisco

Linda E. Saltzman, PhD
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC

Kevin Tate
Research Triangle Institute International

Nancy Thoennes, PhD
Center for Policy Research

Patricia Tjaden, PhD
Center for Policy Research

 
Acknowledgments
We acknowledge and appreciate the contributions of several CDC colleagues: Sujata Desai, PhD, and Martie Thompson, PhD, for assistance with revisions; Joyce McCurdy, MSA, Melinda Williams, and Chester Pogostin, DVM, MPA, for their coordination efforts; James Mercy, PhD, for scientific review; Marcie-jo Kresnow, MS, for statistical guidance; Lynda Doll, PhD, for facilitating the external review; Phaedra Corso, PhD, for economic consultation; Carole Craft for editing; Alida Knuth and Sandra Emrich for layout and design; and Mary Ann Braun for cover design.

In addition, we extend sincere thanks to Sandra N. Howard, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services, for her valuable comments and oversight; and to Lois Mock, MA, National Institute of Justice, for coordination efforts. And we gratefully acknowledge our external peer reviewers:

Elaine Alpert, MD, MPH
Boston University School of Public Health

Jens Ludwig, PhD
Georgetown Public Policy Institute

Anne Menard
Domestic Violence Resource Center

Brian Wiersema
University of Maryland at College Park

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