Health visitors domestic violence routine questioning tool: An exploration of women's experience, effectiveness and acceptability

International Journal of Health Promotion and Education

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-22

  Bateman, Wendy ^a   Whitehead, Kim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Salford Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abuse; Child abuse; Child maltreatment; Domestic violence; Health visitors; Interpersonal abuse; Interpersonal violence; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSTETRICS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SEXUAL ABUSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 1942516977     PISSN: 14635240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14635240.2004.10708005     Document Type: Article

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