Research project Long-term pain among women exposed to domestic violence
The project examines long-term pain and its consequences among women who have been exposed to violence in close relationships and who seek help via the national helpline Kvinnofridslinjen or at clinics for domestic violence at women's health centers or social services.
Intimate partner violence, and in particular men's violence against women, is a major societal and public health problem with far-reaching consequences, as is long-term pain. The study will gain a deeper understanding of the importance of long-term pain and professionals' consideration of pain as a consequence of violence for women who have been exposed to domestic violence, as well as increased knowledge regarding opportunities, obstacles, needs and wishes to improve the mapping and treatment of pain conditions in people with experience of domestic violence.
The aim is to develop suggestions on how to identify and treat long-term pain for women with experience of violence, and how pain conditions should be considered in the treatment of other symptoms in women exposed to violence.
Project title: Long-term pain and post-separation violence: mapping and treatment options for women who have experienced intimate partner violence
Project members
Project managers
Hanna Li Kusterer
Universitetslektor
Members
David Hallman
Professor, P.h.D in Medicine, associate professor in Occupational health science
Sara Skoog Waller
PhD in psychology and Senior Lecturer