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Olatunji, Taiwo Isaac; Tola-Adewumi, Oladunni Tolu – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
Intimate partner violence (IPV) against Nigerian nurses in the US is a complex issue intersecting gender, occupation, culture, economics, and migration. This study adopts an intersectional feminist and adult learning framework to explore the causes and potential solutions. Drawing on a thematic analysis of ten media reports and commentaries on…
Descriptors: Nurses, Family Violence, Gender Differences, Interpersonal Relationship
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Haselschwerdt, Megan L.; Hardesty, Jennifer L.; Hans, Jason D. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
Approximately, 20% of divorcing couples in the United States require judicial intervention to reach a custody agreement. In such cases, courts often call on child custody evaluators to conduct comprehensive evaluations and recommend custody agreements and services that meet children's best interests. Estimates suggest that allegations of domestic…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Evaluators, Family Violence, Courts
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Frye, Victoria – Journal of Community Psychology, 2007
Intimate partner violence against women is a major public health and social problem. However, our understanding of how the geographic community or neighborhood influences its distribution is underdeveloped. In contrast, there is accumulating evidence that neighborhood characteristics, such as social cohesion and related neighborhood factors, are…
Descriptors: Evidence, Neighborhoods, Social Problems, Family Violence