Providers' perspectives about helpful information for evaluating domestic violence and sexual assault services: a practice note.

"She was truly an angel": Women with disabilities' satisfaction with hospital-based sexual assault and domestic violence services.

INTRODUCTION Little is known about the characteristics of women with disabilities who have experienced abuse and their satisfaction with care received from specialized healthcare providers working in hospital-based violence services. METHOD To address this gap, we surveyed clients presenting to 30 sexual assault/domestic violence treatment centers (SA/DVTCs) in Ontario. RESULTS Of the 920 w...

A comparison of intimate partner and other sexual assault survivors’ use of different types of specialized hospital-based violence services

BACKGROUND Little is known about the health service utilization of women sexually assaulted by their intimate partners, as compared with those sexually assaulted by other perpetrators. To address this gap, we describe the use of acute care services post-victimization, as well as a broad range of survivor and assault characteristics, across women assaulted by current or former intimate partners,...

Caring for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Community interventions concerning homophobic violence and partner violence against lesbians.

SUMMARY Homophobic violence and same-sex domestic violence against lesbians are described in this paper based on survey research and hotline calls conducted by a community anti-violence project. A community survey of 229 lesbians indicated that during a one-year period, about fifteen percent had been the target of homophobic violence and twelve percent had been the victim of same-sex partner vi...

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