Improving services to African American survivors of IPV: From the voices of recipients of culturally specific services

Violence Against Women

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-80

  Gillum, Tameka L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

African American survivors; Culturally specific interventions; Intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 57349190163     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208328375     Document Type: Article

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