The Domestic Violence Fatality Review: Can It Mobilize Community-Level Change?

R & B: a conversation between a researcher and a battered woman about domestic violence fatality review.

The conversation that unfolds takes place at a restaurant between an imaginary researcher, R, and an imaginary battered woman, B. The researcher embodies some of the traits of researchers in general and particularly those who stray into the arena of domestic violence fatality review. The battered woman lives with her three teenage children, works as a secretary at a university, and has just com...

Domestic violence homicide: a multi-disciplinary analysis by the Oklahoma Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board.

میزان انواع خشونت خانگی در مادران باردار در معرض خشونت شهرستان صحنه

Background and Objective: The high prevalence of domestic violence causes undesirable physical and mental effects on a large community of pregnant women. In addition, it can also affect the fetus health either directly or indirectly and impose tangible and intangible costs on society and the family. Hence, the present study aimed to determine different types of domestic violence against pregnan...

Achieving social change on gender-based violence: a report on the impact evaluation of Soul City's fourth series.

The Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication--a South African multi-media health promotion project--together with the National Network on Violence Against Women, formulated an intervention to address domestic violence. Recognising that behavioural change interventions aimed solely at individuals have limited impact, the intervention was designed to impact at multiple mutuall...

Social Themes of Domestic Violence Against Women

Introduction: Domestic violence against women is an ancient and common problem in any society. Knowing the leading social themes may help us to prevent and control domestic violence against women. The current study aims to investigate the role of access or lack of access to the resources in domestic violence against women. Methods: The thematic analysis applied as the research method. Thirty-on...