Understanding the role of culture in domestic violence: The Ahimsa Project for Safe Families

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-43

  Pan, Amy ^a   Daley, Sandra ^b   Rivera, Lourdes M ^b   Williams, Kara ^b   Lingle, Danielle ^a   Reznik, Vivian ^b,c  

^a Ahimsa Project for Safe Families   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural specific interventions; Domestic violence; Family violence; Refugee immigrant

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BATTERED WOMEN; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; REFUGEES; SOMALIA; VIETNAM;

EID: 31144463871     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-006-6340-y     Document Type: Article

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