Intimate partner violence against African American women: An examination of the socio-cultural context

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-58

  Taft, Casey T ^a,b   Bryant Davis, Thema ^c   Woodward, Halley E ^a   Tillman, Shaquita ^c   Torres, Sandra E ^a  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMINISM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STEREOTYPY; SURVIVOR; THEORY; VICTIM;

EID: 58349104954     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2008.10.001     Document Type: Review

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