TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Barriers to Domestic Violence Help Seeking: Implications for Intervention
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Fugate, Mark
A1  - Landis, Leslie
A1  - Riordan, K.
A1  - Naureckas, Sara
A1  - Engel, Barbara
SP  - 290
EP  - 310
VL  - 11
IS  - 3
N2  - 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.
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SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801204271959
ID  - ref1
ER  -