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Abstract: 

This column reviews six articles on the subject of domestic violence as a public health issue: “Enhanced Surveillance for Pregnancy-Associated Mortality– Maryland, 1993-1998”, by Isabelle L. Horon and Diana Cheng; “Examining Homicide’s Contribution to Pregnancy-Associated Deaths”, by Victoria Frye; “Who Gets Protection Orders for Intimate Partner Violence?”, by Marsha E. Wolf, Victoria L. Holt, Mary A. Kernic, and Frederick P. Rivara; “Civil Protection Orders and Risk of Subsequent Police-Reported Violence”, by Victoria L. Holt, Mary A. Kernic, Thomas Lumley, Marsha E. Wolf, and Frederick P. Rivara; “Do Protection Orders Affect the Likelihood of Future Partner Violence and Injury?”, by Victoria L. Holt, Mary A. Kernic, Marsha E. Wolf and Frederick P. Rivara; “Intimate Partner Violence Against Immigrant Women: Measuring the Effectiveness of Protection Orders”, by Judith McFarlane, Ann Malecha, Julia Gist, Kathy Watson, Elizabeth Batten, Iva Hall, and Sheilia Smith.

Keywords: pregnancy-associated deaths; Seattle epidemiologists; need for research on non-Hispanic immigrants

Affiliations:  1: Associate Editor of DVR.