Clinicians who care for new mothers and infants need information concerning postpartum physical abuse of women as a foundation on which to develop appropriate clinical screening and intervention procedures. However, no previous population-based studies have been conducted of postpartum physical abuse.
Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, CB 7400, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400, USA. sandra_martin@unc.edu
