DOI:	University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC, Australia Date revised - 2012-05-09SuppNotes - An editorial commentary on: Agnes Tiwari, Daniel Yee Tak Fong, Kwan Hok Yuen, Helina Yuk, Polly Pang, Janice Humphreys, and Linda Bullock, "Effect of an advocacy intervention on mental health in Chinese women survivors of intimate partner violence: a randomized controlled trial", Journal of the American Medical Association 304(5): 536-543 (August 4, 2010) [34841].Last updated - 2012-05-10 Intimate partner violence (IV) is estimated to be the leading contributor to the global burden of mental health problems among women of reproductive age. There is an increasing urgency for rigorous, good quality evidence about what is effective in preventing or ameliorating such harm in community and health care settings. In this issue of JAMA, Tiwari and colleagues report a study in which Chinese women survivors of IPV attending a Hong Kong multipurpose community center were randomly assigned to receive a 12-week advocacy intervention to reduce depression and IPV compared with usual community services. The study outcome of reduction in depression symptoms was not achieved, suggesting that brief social support of the kind tested here may not be an effective treatment for depression in women experiencing psychological aggression. Designing, implementing, and evaluating interventions for women experiencing varying types of abuse at different stages of psychosocial readiness to change and across cultures remains a current challenge. [Adapted from Text] Electronic Resource Number: http://sirius.library.unsw.edu.au:9003/sfx_local?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&genre=article&sid=ProQ:ProQ%3Apilots&atitle=Intimate+partner+violence+against+women%3A+what+outcomes+are+meaningful%3F+%5Beditorial%5D&title=Journal+of+the+American+Medical+Association&issn=00987484&date=2010-08-04&volume=304&issue=5&spage=577&au=Taft%2C+Angela+J%3BHegarty%[cut] https://search.proquest.com/docview/893977084?accountid=12763 http://dx.doi.org/10. [Appended From Merge Migration] Provides an overview of the setting, methodology, results and conclusions of a US study aimed at investigating whether the presence of domestic violence in families has an impact on the capacity of nurse home visitation interventions to reduce substantiated reports of child abuse and neglect. The study was conducted over a fifteen-year period in a semi-rural community of upstate New York and attempts to gauge the interactional and moderating effects of domestic violence, child maltreatment and home-visitation schemes. The findings indicate domestic violence can have a negative impact on the ability of home-visitation schemes to achieve their targeted outcomes, although contextual and sample-size limitations are noted. It is suggested that through further research, modifications to existing programmes might be made and more effective service responses developed, so that a greater proportion of the client population might benefit from nurse home-visitation interventions. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093 http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.1093 Author's Address:
Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Preventing child abuse and neglect with a program of nurse home visitation: the limiting effects of domestic violence
Other Titles:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
Authors:	Cole, Robert Powers, Jane Kitzman, Harriet Sidora, Kimberly Eckenrode, John Ganzel, Barbara Henderson, Charles R Smith, Elliot Olds, David
Keywords:	Prevention;Child protection
Categories:	Prevention
Year:	2000
Publisher:	American Medical Association
Citation:	284 (11), September 2000
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/16312
ISSN:	0098-7484
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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