TDH Booklet4 - Texas Association Against Sexual Assault

Notes/Citations
12 Ibid., Appendix Two – Texas. Texas consistently ranks among the
15 states with the highest rates of male murders of females in
single victim/single offender homicides (see
www.vpc.org/studies for past analyses).
13 Saurage Research, Executive Summary. Texas Council on Family
Violence (TCFV) has compiled the names and stories of more
than 100 women killed in Texas in 2002 by intimate partners
(see http://www.tcfv.org/info_silenced.html or call 1-800-525-
1978).
14 No comparable report exists that includes costs for violence
committed by individuals not considered intimate partners.
15 National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC),
Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United
States, Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
2003. Available online: www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pubres/ipv_cost/ipv.htm.
16 Ibid.
17 Ibid.
18 Ibid.
19 The Texas Violence Against Women Prevention Advisory
Committee (VAWPAC) will focus their efforts on ending sexual
assault, domestic violence, and stalking for all Texans,
recognizing that positive effects of prevention efforts will
address other forms of violence like child abuse, violence
against elders, and suicide.
20 The health sector has successfully reduced the spread of sexually
transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, and even tobacco use (all
considered health crises) through application of a public health
approach that focuses on prevention. See Healthy People
2010, objectives 15.32 – 15.37. Available online:
http://www.healthypeople.gov/document. Accessed: September
15, 2003; Krug et al., World Report on Violence and Health, p.
3; Linda Saltzman et al., “Violence Against Women as a Public
Health Issue: Comments from the CDC,” American Journal of
Preventive Medicine, Vol. 19, No. 4 (2000), p. 325.
21 See for example, Population Reports: Ending Violence Against
Women; NCIPC, Costs of Intimate Partner Violence; and
Jacquelyn Campbell et al., “Reproductive Health Consequences
of Intimate Partner Violence: A Nursing Research Review,”
Clinical Nursing Research, Vol. 9, No. 3 (August 2000), pp.
217-237.
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