TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Changing Public Attitudes as a Prevention Strategy to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence
JO  - Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma
A1  - Campbell, Jacquelyn C.
A1  - Manganello, Jennifer
SP  - 13
EP  - 39
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
N2  - Although violence by intimate partners has decreased in the past decade, it is still a problem affecting many women. For instance, IPV accounted for 22% of violent crimes against women between 1993 and 1998 (NCVS). The paucity of research evaluating the effectiveness of primary prevention strategies to reduce IPV has been recognized in various reports on intimate partner violence. Experts have suggested that public awareness campaigns would be helpful both to inform abused women about strategies for getting help, and to potentially change pub-Address correspondence to Jacquelyn C. Campbell, PhD, RN, Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing, 525 North Wolfe Street, Room 436, Baltimore, MD21205. lic attitudes and norms about IPV. This article reviews published research available on public education campaigns regarding intimate partner violence, as well as education campaigns conducted for other issues, in order to better understand the potential for success and the limitations of this type of intervention.<p /> 
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SN  - 1092-6771
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J146v13n03_02
ID  - ref1
ER  -