Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Interventions for violence against women: scientific review
Other Titles:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
Authors:	MacMillan, Harriet L Wathen, C Nadine
Keywords:	Screening;Counselling;Advocacy
Year:	2003
Publisher:	American Medical Association
Citation:	289 (5), February 5, 2003
Notes:	Evaluates the studies performed to assess the intervention programmes aimed to prevent intimate partner violence. The authors critically appraise twenty-two comparative studies that focus on interventions to which primary care clinicians could refer a patient. The target groups are women, perpetrators, and/or couples. The review includes a summary of each study, its strengths and weaknesses, and a quality rating. Studies that did not reach the selection criteria to be appraised are also mentioned. These studies evaluate the following types of interventions: screening; shelter stay; advocacy following shelter stay; batterer and couple interventions; and social interventions. Concludes that, while much is now known about the epidemiology of violence against women, there is little information available on evidence-based approaches in the primary care setting for preventing intimate partner abuse.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/15337
ISSN:	0098-7484
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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