CDC Recognizes Nurse Leader for Groundbreaking Research on Domestic Violence
December 6, 2012 | Story
RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar program director honored for work to protect battered women from injury and death.
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How a Personal Experience Led to a Program of Research Focused on Eliminating Intimate Partner Violence Disparities Among Hispanic Women
May 18, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Moments of romance and bliss turned into moments of anger, aggression and torment. Times of peace grew shorter and shorter, as he grew increasingly emotionally abusive. He did some “man handling” too. When I decided to go off to graduate school at J ...
Fine Tuning Economic Empowerment Tools for Battered South Asian Women
January 25, 2012 | Program Result
Manavi, a New Brunswick, N.J.-based organization serving South Asian women who have suffered domestic violence, launched an economic empowerment program to help survivors move toward economic independence.
Nurse Faculty Scholar Helps Victims of Violence Get the Help They Need
November 28, 2011 | Story
Angela Frederick Amar develops a national set of guidelines for sexual assault policies and programming on college campuses.
Intimate Partner Violence in Immigrant and Refugee Communities
March 1, 2009 | Report
This report describes intimate partner violence (IPV) in immigrant and refugee communities in the United States.
Reducing Maternal Intimate Partner Violence After the Birth of a Child
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The Hawaii Healthy Start home visitation program sends paraprofessionals into the homes of children at risk of abuse to teach families about child development, parenting and problem-solving strategies and offer emotional support to new parents during the first three years of their child's life.
Meeting the Needs of Immigrant and Refugee Victims of Intimate Partner Violence, by Providing Comprehensive, Confidential and Holistic Services
July 8, 2009 | Program Result
The Family Violence Prevention Fund conducted a literature review and key informant interviews to identify and highlight program models for addressing intimate partner violence in immigrant and refugee communities.
Behavioral Model Useful in Weight Loss is Applied to Domestic Abuse
September 1, 1998 | Program Result
Investigators at the University of Rhode Island developed and assessed an instrument based on the Transtheoretical Model of behavioral change.
Review of Local Women's Deaths Helps Philadelphia Policy-Makers Develop Violence-Prevention Strategies
February 1, 2005 | Program Result
From July 2002 through December 2003, investigators from the Philadelphia Women's Death Review Team conducted a review of all deaths in the year 2000 of women ages 15 to 60 who lived there at the time of their death.
Substance Abuse Counseling for Some New York Victims of Domestic Violence
April 1, 2003 | Program Result
The STEPS to End Family Violence program hired a full time substance abuse counselor to counsel domestic violence victims with substance abuse problems.