Nurse Home Visitors' Perspectives of Mandatory Reporting of Children's Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence to Child Protection Agencies

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 412-423

  Davidov, Danielle M ^a   Nadorff, Michael R ^a   Jack, Susan M ^b   Coben, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Exposure to violence; Home visitation; Intimate partner violence; Mandatory reporting; Survey research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84865568183     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.01003.x     Document Type: Article

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