Batterer intervention program enrollment and completion among immigrant men in Massachusetts

Violence Against Women

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 527-543

  Rothman, Emily F ^a   Gupta, Jhumka ^b   Pavlos, Carlene ^c   Dang, Quynh ^c   Coutinho, Paula ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Batterer; Immigrant; Intervention; Intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34247576633     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801207300720     Document Type: Article

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