ABSTRACT
Within the United States, approximately one in five women reports being physically assaulted by an intimate partner at some point in her lifetime (Tjaden & Thoennes, 1998). In particular, domestic violence made up 20% of violent crime against women in 2001 (Rennison & Welchans, 2000). Each year, domestic violence results in an estimated 1,200 deaths and 2 million injuries among women (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2003). Domestic violence has been linked with adverse physical health outcomes in abused women, such as gynecological problems, headaches, back pain, gastrointestinal distress, and sexually transmitted diseases (Campbell et al., 2002; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008; Coker, Smith, Bethea, King, & McKeown, 2000; Sutherland, Bybee, & Sullivan, 1998). In addition to the physical consequences of domestic violence, there are also psychological and social consequences, such as depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and social isolation (Dutton et al., 2006; Golding, 1999; Jones,
Introduction 99 Domestic Violence and Homelessness: Establishing the Connection 100 Connections Between Domestic Violence and Homelessness 101
Individual-Level Factors 102 Social-Level Factors 103 Organizational/System-Level Factors 104 National-Level Factors 106
Recommendations for Reducing Homelessness Among Domestic Violence Survivors 107 Conclusion 109 Endnotes 110 References 110
Hughes, & Unterstaller, 2001; Raj & Silverman, 2002; Rose & Campbell, 2000).
