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Domestic, family and sexual violence in Australia: an overview of the issues [PDF]
Provides an overview of research on the prevalence of domestic, family and sexual violence, at risk groups and the costs of violence against women to communities and to the economy. Introduction In 2013 the World Health Organization (WHO) published the
Janet Phillips, Penny Vandenbroek
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Communities Engaged in Resisting Violence [PDF]
, 2007 "Communities Engaged in Resisting Violence" documents a new movement in Chicago that seeks to end violence against women through community engagement and accountability, rather than solely social services and criminal justice.
Ann Russo, Melissa Spatz
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Facilitators and barriers to neighborhood social integration
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Social isolation has reached concerning rates, particularly in the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Social integration is critical to combatting social isolation and loneliness by promoting a sense of community and belonging. Yet, most existing research centers on fostering close personal relationships within family and friend networks.
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Mobile technologies have become significant resources for crisis communication and social support in recent years. However, despite empirical evidence pointing to the centrality of these technologies for parenthood in everyday life, it is yet unknown how parents' coping resources play a role in the digital environment.
Daphna Yeshua‐Katz +2 more
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Mapping the margins: intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of color
, 1991 K. Crenshaw
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Conceptualizing Intimate Violence and Gender Equality: A Comparative Approach [PDF]
, 2007 Part I discusses the treatment of domestic violence as a human rights issue under international law, focusing on the shift in the conceptualization of violence against women from a private matter to a human rights issue.
Vojdik, Valorie K.
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This study analyzes a participatory project to develop peer support services for people with serious mental illnesses (SMIs) in China. Drawing on interviews with psychiatrists, social workers, service users, and a family caregiver, it examines the conditions, challenges, facilitators, and outcomes of participation in a paternalistic context ...
Zhiying Ma +6 more
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BMC Public HealthBackground Sexual violence is a critical and preventable global threat to public health, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and gender equality. Studies have shown that sexual violence among young people in Sweden is prevalent, with lesbian, gay,
Matilda Löfström-Bredell +5 more
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The Unhappy Marriage of Theory and Practice: An Analysis of a Battered Women\u27s Shelter [PDF]
, 1988 Focuses on the role of battered women\u27s shelters in the U.S. as a response to the problem of violence against women in society. Examination of the battered women\u27s movement and the shelters the movement has spawned; Contradictions between feminist ...
Murray, Susan B
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Neighborhood social environments and mental health among youth and adults in public housing
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Neighborhoods influence health in part through social processes. However, little is known about how multiple neighborhood social processes co‐occur, or about within (vs. between) neighborhood variation in social processes and health. This study asked how residents of a large public housing development describe their neighborhood and used ...
Jane Leer +3 more
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