More than 16 million people in the U.S. suffer from intimate partner abuse each year, according to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS).

NISVS asks questions about these sensitive topics using a health and behavior frame to help maximize reliable reporting of these important public health issues.

It collects lifetime and 12-month prevalence data, describes who is most likely to experience these forms of violence, as well as information on the impacts and health consequences associated with these types of violence.

According to the organization, NISVS data “informs and improves prevention and response efforts.”

One of the oldest questions survivors face is, “Why didn’t they just leave?” As a survivor, professor of social work and licensed clinical therapist,

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