Shelters for Battered Women and Their Children: An Under-Recognized Source of Communicable Disease Transmission.

Gross, Thomas P.; Rosenberg, Mark L.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Shelters for Battered Women and Their Children: An Under-Recognized Source of Communicable Disease Transmission.

Gross, Thomas P.; Rosenberg, Mark L.

American Journal of Public Health, v77 n9 p1198-201 Sep 1987

Reports on a study of various aspects of communicable disease occurrence (focusing on diarrheal illness) in shelters for battered women and their children, the extent and methods of screening for disease, training of staff in health care principles, resources available for health care needs, and the health regulations governing these shelters. (PS)

Descriptors: Battered Women, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Disease Incidence, Family Violence, Family Violence Shelters, Health, Hygiene, Physical Health, Public Health, Special Health Problems

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Language: English

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