Approaches used by employee assistance programs to address perpetration of intimate partner violence

Violence and Victims

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-147

  Walters, Jennifer L Hardison ^a   Pollack, Keshia M ^b   Clinton Sherrod, Monique ^a   Lindquist, Christine H ^a   Mckay, Tasseli ^a   Lasater, Beth M ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Batterer intervention; Domestic violence; IPV perpetration; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84861956065     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.27.2.135     Document Type: Article

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