Women's perceptions of their community's social norms towards assisting women who have experienced intimate partner violence

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 240-253

  McDonnell, Karen Ann ^a   Burke, Jessica G ^b   Gielen, Andrea C ^c   O'Campo, Patricia ^d   Weidl, Meghan ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Social norms; Urban; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SPOUSE ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN;

EID: 79959991102     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9546-9     Document Type: Article

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