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Health needs higher for kids of abused moms

Children whose mothers have a history of abuse by intimate partners have higher health-care needs than children whose mothers have no history of abuse, according to a study conducted at Group Health, a Seattle-based health plan. These needs -- expressed in terms of the cost of providing care and use of health services -- were higher even if the abuse occurred before the children were born, the research team found.

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