@article{ref1,
title="Supporting mothering: Service providers' perspectives of mothers and young children affected by intimate partner violence",
journal="Research in nursing and health",
year="2011",
author="Letourneau, Nicole and Young, Catherine and Secco, M. Loretta and Stewart, Miriam and Hughes, Judith and Critchley, Kim",
volume="34",
number="3",
pages="192-203",
abstract="Although negative outcomes from intimate partner violence (IPV) are not inevitable, IPV is recognized to have profound negative effects on child development. We conducted a qualitative descriptive study of service providers' understandings of the impact of IPV on mothers, young children (birth to 36 months), and mother-infant/child relationships, and of the support needs of these mothers and young children. Service providers suggested that IPV negatively influenced caregiving and identified a pressing need for information and strategies to help mothers promote and protect their young children's development. Although service providers struggled to articulate ideal forms of assistance to promote maternal-infant/child relationships, they agreed that mothers and young children experiencing IPV required more support than is currently available. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0160-6891",
doi="10.1002/nur.20428",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nur.20428"
}