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Sechrist, Stacy M.; Laplace, Danielle T.; Smith, Paige Hall – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is as prevalent or more so as reported by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals compared with non-LGBTQ individuals. Yet largely due to prior harmful and nonaffirming experiences with service providers, they are reluctant to seek services from domestic violence service providers (DVSP).…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Help Seeking, Social Services, Safety
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Wretman, Christopher J.; Rizo, Cynthia Fraga; Macy, Rebecca J.; Guo, Shenyang; Ermentrout, Dania – Research on Social Work Practice, 2019
Purpose: A growing subpopulation of intimate partner violence (IPV) victims comprises mothers who have been mandated to services by either the court system or child protective services (CPS). Two human service agencies in the United States developed a 13-week novel intervention to address these women. All participants were assigned to the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Violence, Interpersonal Relationship, Family Violence
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Eastman, Brenda J.; Bunch, Shelia Grant – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2007
Although there is a considerable body of knowledge about domestic violence, a limited proportion focuses on domestic violence in rural settings. Using a nonprobability purposive sampling technique, 93 providers of domestic violence services from rural and urban localities in North Carolina and Virginia were located and asked to complete a…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Social Services, Rural Areas, Urban Areas