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Download full textHeintzelman, Carol A. – 1986
Wife abuse is a social problem that confronts all sectors of the human services network. It is not known what life factors influence an abused wife's initial choice to leave home and seek help in a shelter agency or to stay home and seek help in a non-shelter agency. This study was conducted to examine the relative importance of various factors…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Community Services, Criminals
Peer reviewedGelles, Richard J. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1988
Examined data from Second National Family Violence Survey. Found women under age 25 to be more likely than older women to be both pregnant and to be hit and abused by husbands and partners. Although pregnant women were not particularly vulnerable group, pregnancy did not insulate them from high rates of violence experienced by young women.…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Family Violence, High Risk Persons, Pregnancy
Perham-Hester, Kathy; Chamberlain, Linda – Family Health Dataline, 1999
Over 1,000 Alaskan women experienced domestic abuse during pregnancy in 1996-97. Alaska Native and teenage mothers are at increased risk of experiencing physical abuse before or during pregnancy. Most Alaska mothers do not receive domestic violence screening during prenatal care. Domestic violence training is recommended for prenatal care…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alaska Natives, Battered Women, Family Violence
Peer reviewedRatner, Pamela A. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1998
Explores the effectiveness of modeling acts of aggression and dominance as casual indicators of forms of wife abuse and their effects on women's health, including physical injuries, psychopathology, alterations to psyche, anger, alcohol and drug use, and subsequent general health status. New estimates of the relative severity are provided.…
Descriptors: Age, Aggression, Anger, Battered Women
Rodriguez, Ester Ruiz – 1999
This paper examines the prevalence of domestic violence directed against pregnant women of Mexican origin. About 18 percent of Hispanic women experience abuse by a partner. Over half of abused women incur injuries during pregnancy, which subjects the fetus to significant risks of preterm birth, low birth weight, injury, or death. Interviews and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Battered Women, Cultural Influences, Family Violence
Rodriguez, Rachel; And Others – Migrant Health Newsline, 1993
This newsletter supplement is devoted to the theme of domestic violence affecting migrant women. It contains four articles describing programs providing violence prevention education to migrant women and children. "Family Violence and Migrant Women: Implications for Practice" (Rachel Rodriguez) discusses the social isolation of migrant women;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Battered Women, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Violence
