The role of intimate partner violence, race, and ethnicity in help-seeking behaviors

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-100

  Lipsky, Sherry ^a   Caetano, Raul ^a   Field, Craig A ^a   Larkin, Gregory L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Domestic Violence; Health Services; Mental Health; Social Services

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ETHNICITY; HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RACE; VIOLENCE;

ABUSE; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLICE; RACE; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER; URBAN POPULATION;

BATTERED WOMEN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28844463947     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850500391410     Document Type: Article

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