Partner violence screening in rural health care clinics

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1319-1325

  Coker, Ann L ^a   Flerx, Vicki C ^b   Smith, Paige H ^c   Whitaker, Daniel J ^d   Fadden, Mary Kay ^e   Williams, Melinda ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BATTERING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTIMACY; NURSE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCREENING; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; BATTERED WOMAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 34548387136     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.085357     Document Type: Article

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