Help seeking and barriers of Hispanic partner violence survivors: A systematic review of the literature

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 250-264

  Rizo, Cynthia F ^a   Macy, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Help seeking; Hispanic; Partner violence; Review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEAR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 79954426649     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2011.03.004     Document Type: Review

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