Advocacy interventions to reduce or eliminate violence and promote the physical and psychosocial well-being of women who experience intimate partner abuse

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Volumn 2015, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Rivas, Carol ^a   Ramsay, Jean ^b   Sadowski, Laura ^c   Davidson, Leslie L ^d   Dunne, Danielle ^e   Eldridge, Sandra ^b   Hegarty, Kelsey ^f   Taft, Angela ^g   Feder, Gene ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Division of Medical Toxicology   (United States)

^d Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^e Evaluation Department ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHRONIC PAIN; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PHYSICAL WELL-BEING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WELL-BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; TIME FACTOR;

COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAFETY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; SPOUSE ABUSE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84965186267     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005043.pub3     Document Type: Review

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