Kids Of Abused Moms Have Greater Health Needs

Fitness Health Daily Children whose mothers have a history of abuse by intimate partners have higher health care needs than children whose mothers have no history of abuse, according to a study conducted at Group Health, a Seattle-based health plan.These needs - expressed in terms of the cost of providing care and use of health services - were higher even if the abuse occurred before the children were born, the research team found. [click link for full article]

Originally Syndicated via RSS from Women’s Health / Gynecology News From Medical News Today

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