Barriers in the Utilization of Domestic Violence Services Among Arab Immigrant Women: Perceptions of Professionals, Service Providers & Community Leaders

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 727-735

  Kulwicki, Anahid ^a   Aswad, Barbara ^b   Carmona, Talita ^a   Ballout, Suha ^a,c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Arab American population; Barriers in service utilization; Domestic violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649335397     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-010-9330-8     Document Type: Article

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