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Kathryn Laughon
Researcher at University of Virginia
Publications - 54
Citations - 2908
Kathryn Laughon is an academic researcher from University of Virginia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Domestic violence. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 45 publications receiving 2492 citations. Previous affiliations of Kathryn Laughon include Johns Hopkins University & American Academy of Nursing.
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Risk Factors for Femicide in Abusive Relationships: Results From a Multisite Case Control Study
Jacquelyn C. Campbell,Daniel W. Webster,Jane Koziol-McLain,Carolyn Rebecca Block,Doris Campbell,Mary Ann Curry,Faye A. Gary,Nancy Glass,Judith McFarlane,Carolyn J. Sachs,Phyllis Sharps,Yvonne Ulrich,Susan Wilt,Jennifer A. Manganello,Xiao Xu,Janet Schollenberger,Victoria Frye,Kathryn Laughon +17 more
TL;DR: There are identifiable risk factors for intimate partner femicides and they include perpetrator's access to a gun and previous threat with a weapon, perpetrator's stepchild in the home, and estrangement, especially from a controlling partner.
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Intimate partner homicide: review and implications of research and policy
TL;DR: This review presents and critiques the evidence supporting the other major risk factors for intimate partner homicide in general and for intimate Partner homicide of women (femicide) in particular, namely guns, estrangement, stepchild in the home, forced sex, threats to kill, and nonfatal strangulation (choking).
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Intimate Partner Violence and the Childbearing Year Maternal and Infant Health Consequences
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined timely research ranging from 2001 to 2006 on intimate partner violence during pregnancy, the morbidity and mortality risks for mothers and their infants, and the association between IPV and perinatal health disparities.
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Non-fatal strangulation is an important risk factor for homicide of women.
Nancy Glass,Kathryn Laughon,Jacquelyn C. Campbell,Carolyn Rebecca Block,Ginger C. Hanson,Phyllis Sharps,Ellen Taliaferro +6 more
TL;DR: Results showNon-fatal strangulation as an important risk factor for homicide of women, underscoring the need to screen for non-f fatal strangulation when assessing abused women in emergency department settings.
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Could we have known? A qualitative analysis of data from women who survived an attempted homicide by an intimate partner.
Christina Nicolaidis,Mary Ann Curry,Yvonne Ulrich,Phyllis Sharps,Judith McFarlane,Doris Campbell,Faye A. Gary,Kathryn Laughon,Nancy Glass,Nancy Glass,Jacquelyn C. Campbell +10 more
TL;DR: Clinicians should not be falsely reassured by a woman's sense of safety, by the lack of a history of severe violence, or by the presence of few classic risk factors for homicide, as efforts to reduce femicide risk that are targeted only at those women seeking help for violence-related problems may miss potential victims.