Safety-promoting behaviors of community-dwelling abused Chinese women after an advocacy intervention: A randomized controlled trial

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 645-655

  Tiwari, Agnes ^a   Fong, Daniel Y T ^a   Wong, Janet Y H ^a   Yuen, Kwan hok ^a   Yuk, Helina ^b   Pang, Polly ^b   Humphreys, Janice ^c   Bullock, Linda ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Hong Kong SKH Lady MacLehose Centre   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abused women; Chinese; Domestic violence; Randomized controlled trial; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PATIENT ADVOCACY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY;

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; SAFETY;

EID: 84861527370     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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