University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, March 29, 1989
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Crime adds to toll on health of women, psychologist says
by Scott Achelpohl
Kansan staff writer
Crime has serious consequences on the health of women beyond the crime itself, a visiting psychologist said yesterday.
Mary Koss, associate professor of psychology from the University of Arizona, said her research began when she noticed the increased consumption of medical facilities by women.
Koss presented her unpublished findings to about 50 people yesterday at a forum on violence in women's lives in Alderson Auditorium at the University Union. The forum was the second part of Women's Health Week at KU.
Her research used medical reports, surveys and personal interviews to measure the incidence of crime among women and correlated it with health problems they experienced, she said.
Koss said 5.006 women who were enrolled in health care plans were sent surveys. Of those, 2,291
responded and 194 were chosen randomly for personal interviews.
Koss found that 57 percent of the women, ranging in age from 18 to 70 years old, experienced various crimes from psure snatching to rape.
Of the respondents, 33 percent were victims of violent crimes and 12 percent were victims of physical assault, she said. One in five women, or 21 percent, had experienced a forcible rape, she said.
From this survey, she estimated that 60 out of 1,000 women on the health care plans were victims of violent crimes.
"This data clearly suggests that crime is present in primary health care populations." Koss said. "This evidence supports the course of normal, everyday life."
She said there were several avenues by which crime could affect health including illness as a result of loss or stress from the encounter.
"It was just a hypothesis of mine when I started working on the
research." Koss said.
She said medical professionals needed to learn better identification skills in the detection of crime among patients.
Koss is also the author of three papers about crime victimization and health issues
"Crime is relevant to understanding health," Koss said. "The medical system represents a very important locus for identifying crime victims. It don't have any high hopes for the treatment these women received."
Charlene Muehlenhard, associate professor of psychology and women's studies, said she hoped Koss' research and studies like it increased sensitivity among doctors to the problem of crime.
"I hope it will convince the physician to ask about women's victimization," Muehlenhack said. "She identified it as a very important health issue that happens with this type of high quality research would be great."
KU debate teams receive invitation to compete in national tournament
by Kathy Walsh Kansan staff writer
Two KU debate teams will attend the National Debate Tournament Friday through Monday at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
The teams are Barry Pickens, Winfield senior, and Charles Krauss, Wichita junior, and Pat Whalen, San Antonio, and Peter Lippert, Brooklyn.
The teams will debate U.S. foreign policy toward Africa.
Robert Rowland, director of Forensics, said KU was ranked fourth in the nation for debate by the National Debate Tournament Committee for the fall.
"Each year the 16 best teams in the country receive at-large invitations to nationals," he said. "It is an
accomplishment for a school to get one at-large invitation, but to get two is outstanding.
"You don't get two teams rated in the top 16 every year." Rowland said. "That shows we are having a very strong year. This would be like having two different basketball teams in the Sweet Sixteen. Because debate is popular, people, debate is at least competitive as intercollegiate athletics."
Two KU teams also went to nationals last year. The team of Whalen and Pickens placed fifth. The other team of Erik Doxtader and Andrea Richard, who have both graduated, placed sixth.
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Historically, Harvard, Dartmouth, Northwestern, KU, Baylor and Georgetown have had strong forensics programs, Rowland said. The University of Michigan joins this group because it is the only other school to receive two at-large invitations this year, he said.
Rowland said debate was a squad effort because the research done by one team can be used by others.
"If you don't have new things to say against Baylor or Northwestern, you're going to lose," Rowland said.
The National Debate Tournament won't be anything new for Pickens or Whalen. Both have debated for KU since they were freshmen.
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