@article{ref1,
title="Barriers to Domestic Violence Help Seeking: Implications for Intervention",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2005",
author="Fugate, Mark and Landis, Leslie and Riordan, K. and Naureckas, Sara and Engel, Barbara",
volume="11",
number="3",
pages="290-310",
abstract="Data were obtained from the Chicago Women's Health Risk Study, in which 491 abused women were interviewed in public health centers and a hospital. Responses of a subgroup of these women who did not seek help through the identified interventions are examined. Common themes emerge across the help-seeking interventions studied: individual thresholds for the seriousness of the violence, a perceived requirement to end the relationship, and certain specific barriers. The responses provide a glimpse into abused women's reasons for not seeking particular interventions. Implications for public health, mental health, domestic violence counseling agencies, and the police are discussed.",
language="",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/1077801204271959",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801204271959"
}