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040			_aAFVC
100			_aMolyneaux, Robyn _98940
245			_aInterpersonal violence and mental health outcomes following disaster _cRobyn Molyneaux, Lisa Gibbs, Richard A. Bryant, Cathy Humphreys, Kelsey Hegarty, Connie Kellett, H. Colin Gallagher, Karen Block, Louise Harms, John F. Richardson, Nathan Alkemade and David Forbes
260			_bCambridge University Press, _c2020
490	0		_aBJPsych Open
500			_aBJPsych Open, 2020, 6(1): e1
520			_aBackground Disasters pose a documented risk to mental health, with a range of peri- and post-disaster factors (both pre-existing and disaster-precipitated) linked to adverse outcomes. Among these, increasing empirical attention is being paid to the relation between disasters and violence. Aims This study examined self-reported experiences of assault or violence victimisation among communities affected by high, medium, and low disaster severity following the 2009 bushfires in Victoria, Australia. The association between violence, mental health outcomes and alcohol misuse was also investigated. Method Participants were 1016 adults from high-, medium- and low-affected communities, 3–4 years after an Australian bushfire disaster. Rates of reported violence were compared by areas of bushfire-affectedness. Logistic regression models were applied separately to men and women to assess the experience of violence in predicting general and fire-related post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and alcohol misuse. Results Reports of experiencing violence were significantly higher among high bushfire-affected compared with low bushfire-affected regions. Analyses indicated the significant relationship between disaster-affectedness and violence was observed for women only, with rates of 1.0, 0 and 7.4% in low, medium and high bushfire-affected areas, respectively. Among women living in high bushfire-affected areas, negative change to income was associated with an increased likelihood of experiencing violence (odds ratio, 4.68). For women, post-disaster violence was associated with more severe post-traumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms. Conclusions Women residing within high bushfire-affected communities experienced the highest levels of violence. These post-disaster experiences of violence are associated with post-disaster changes to income and with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms among women. These findings have critical implications for the assessment of, and interventions for, women experiencing or at risk of violence post-disaster.
650			_aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650			_aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _9431
650			_aMENTAL HEALTH _9377
650		4	_9400 _aNATURAL DISASTERS
650		0	_aVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN _93088
651		4	_aAUSTRALIA _92597
651			_aVICTORIA _93045
700			_aGibbs, Lisa _98941
700			_aBryant, Richard A. _98942
700			_91400 _aHumphreys, Cathy
700			_aHegarty, Kelsey _91330
700			_aKellett, Connie _98943
700			_aGallagher, H. Colin _98944
700			_aBlock, Karen _95345
700			_aHarms, Louise _98945
700			_aRichardson, John F. _98946
700			_aAlkemade, Nathan _98947
700			_aForbes, David _98948
773	0		_tBJPsych Open, 2020, 6(1): e1
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2019.82 _zDOI: 10.1192/bjo.2019.82 (Open access)
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