1.0Hertfordshire | Health for Under5shttps://healthforunder5s.co.uk/hertfordshirerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="uevstypVsV"><a href="https://healthforunder5s.co.uk/hertfordshire/services/specialist-support/domestic-abuse/">Domestic abuse</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://healthforunder5s.co.uk/hertfordshire/services/specialist-support/domestic-abuse/embed/#?secret=uevstypVsV" width="600" height="338" title="“Domestic abuse” — Hertfordshire | Health for Under5s" data-secret="uevstypVsV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://health-for-under-5s-media.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2017/10/31175015/iStock-534134538_750x422pixels_Normal.jpg750422You can speak to your health visitor, midwife, or GP who are trained in supporting and signposting people with concerns around domestic abuse.Domestic abuse can be defined as an incident of controlling, coercive, threatening, degrading and violent behaviour, including sexual violence, in the majority of cases by a partner or ex-partner, but also by a family member or carer. It is very common. In the vast majority of cases it is experienced by women and is perpetrated by men.