Associations between intimate partner violence (IPV) and poor physical and mental health of
women have been demonstrated in the international and national literature across
numerous studies. This paper presents a review of the literature on this topic. The 75 papers
included in this review cover both original research studies and those which undertook
secondary analyses of primary data sources. The reviewed research papers published from
2006 to 2012 include quantitative and qualitative studies from Western and developing …