This IPV Project information provided by the Injury & Violence Prevention Program of the Office of Disease Prevention & Epidemiology. Reports and Publications

Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Oregon Women:
Costs of IPV Against Oregon Women  (pdf)
The costs of Intimate partner sexual and physical assault in Oregon exceeds $50 million each year, nearly $35 million of which is for direct medical and mental health care services.  The total annual costs of IPV in Oregon also include approximately $9.3 million in lost productivity from paid work for victims of nonfatal IPV and approximately $10.7 million in lifetime earnings lost by victims of IPV homicide.

Intimate Partner Violence in Oregon:
Findings from the Oregon Women's Health and Safety Survey
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major public health problem that occurs within all social, economic, religious, and cultural groups. Because women experience more IPV and more IPV-related injuries and deaths in Oregon, we conducted a special survey to learn more about their experiences of violence.

Intimate Partner Homicide in Oregon:
A seven year review  (pdf)
Between 1997 and 2003, 748 homicides occurred among Oregonians age 12 and older, 525 among men and 223 among women. From our records review, we determined that intimate partners killed 103 (46%) of the female homicide victims and 21 (4%) of the male homicide victims (total n=123).

Preventing and Reducing Violence Against Women:
Resource Directory  (pdf)

Fact Sheets

Intimate Partner Violence - IPV (pdf)
What is IPV? How big is the problem in Oregon?

What is Stalking? (pdf)
Stalking is repeated harassing or threatening behaviors towards a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear. Review this factsheet for state and national statistics.

Rape in Oregon (pdf)
"...One out of every six adult women, or about 230,000 adult women in Oregon, has been the victim of forcible rape sometime in her lifetime."
- Kilpatrick, DG & Ruggiero, KJ. (2003). Rape in Oregon: A Report to the State. Charleston, SC: National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center, Medical University of South Carolina

CD Summary Issues

Intimate Partner Violence - Do Ask, Do Tell (pdf)
October 7, 2003 Vol. 52, No. 20

"Ask the Hard Questions: Intimate Partner Violence and Health-care Providers" (pdf)
April 9, 2002 Vol. 51, No. 8

"Health Care Providers are the Key to Helping Female Domestic Violence Victims" (pdf)
Nov 08, 2000 Vol. 49, No.23