TANF Participation and Intimate Partner Violence: Exploring Barriers to Self-Sufficiency

Jordanian nurses' barriers to screening for intimate partner violence.

Screening rates for intimate partner violence (IPV) among nurses are still very low. The study purpose is to evaluate IPV screening and barriers by Jordanian nurses. A cross-sectional design was used with a stratified random sample (N = 125) of Jordanian nurses. Findings included a significantly lower IPV screening rate among Jordanian nurses compared with those in the United States, no differe...

Barriers to Employment Among TANF Applicants and Their Consequences for Self-Sufficiency

This article examines the prevalence of potential barriers to employment using data from a longitudinal study of 1,075 Milwaukee County parents who applied for assistance from Wisconsin’s TANF program in 1999. It also examines whether those potential barriers were related to their subsequent employment and earnings. We find that many of these TANF applicants faced significant and often multiple...

Barriers to Screening for Intimate Partner Violence 1 Postpartum nurses’ perceptions of barriers to screening for intimate partner violence: A cross-sectional survey

Intimate partner violence.

T term intimate partner violence (IPV) describes physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former partner or spouse.1,2 IPV is essentially a violation of human rights and a preventable exposure associated with serious consequences that needs to be addressed through social, educational, and legal policies.3,4 This paper aims to discuss the epidemiology of IPV, including prevalence,...

Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration

Introduction 272 Incidence Rates, Gender, and Two Forms of Intimate Partner Violence 273 Prominent Theoretical Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence 274 The I3 Model of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration 275 Instigating Triggers 276 Violence-Impelling Forces 277 Violence-Inhibiting Forces 278 Self-Regulation and Intimate Partner Violence 278 A Review of the Emerging Evidence linking Sel...