Preparedness of health care practitioners to screen women for domestic violence in a border community

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-148

  Goff, Heather W ^a   Shelton, A J ^b   Byrd, Theresa L ^b   Parcel, Guy S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIST; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SKILL; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERVIEW; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSE ABUSE; TEXAS;

EID: 0038622086     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330390178422     Document Type: Article

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