TY - JOUR T1 - Early childhood home visits to high-risk families may reduce maternally perpetrated intimate partner violence JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 42 LP - 43 DO - 10.1136/ebm1036 VL - 15 IS - 2 AU - Catherine A Taylor Y1 - 2010/04/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/15/2/42.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Bair-Merritt MH, Jennings JM, Chen R, et al. Reducing maternal intimate partner violence after the birth of a child: a randomized controlled trial of the Hawaii Healthy Start Home Visitation Program. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2010;164:16–23.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science It is estimated that approximately 40% of families at risk or reported for child physical abuse have also experienced intimate partner violence (IPV).1 IPV victims are more likely to maltreat their children than non-victims.2 Frequent IPV has also been shown to limit the effectiveness of a home-visit programme that was otherwise successful in reducing the risk of child maltreatment.3 Thus there is a tremendous need to identify interventions that are effective in reducing IPV, especially within families with small children at risk for child maltreatment.Bair-Merritt and colleagues used a randomised controlled trial design with two groups to test the effectiveness of the Hawaii Healthy Start Home Visitation Program (HSP) in reducing mothers' self-reports of past-year of IPV victimisation and … ER -