Health Inequities Related to Intimate Partner Violence Against Women

Abstract

The social production of health inequities for women who have experienced IPV spans a wide disciplinary spectrum, touching on aspects of sociology, public health, and gender studies. Therefore, the present chapter begins with a look at how IPV is defined and how it is theoretically explained and understood from a sociological perspective. Based on this background, empirical evidence for both the socioeconomic and health factors related to abusive relationships are explored, specifically highlighting the intersection between social position and health outcomes for survivors of IPV. This lays the foundation for the later theoretical and empirical review of the role of the welfare state in health inequities for female survivors of IPV.