Knowledge and attitudes about intimate partner violence among immigrant latinos in rural North Carolina: Baseline information and implications for outreach

Violence Against Women

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-352

  Moracco, Kathryn E ^a,c   Hilton, Alison ^a   Hodges, Kathryn G ^b,d   Frasier, Pamela Y ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Fam Violence and Rape Crisis Serv ^*

^c IL   (United States)

^d Fam Violence and Rape Crisis Serv   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Latinos

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 14544290532     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801204273296     Document Type: Article

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