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Stop intimate partner violence before it starts Intimate partner
violence touches everyone. With more than 1 million cases reported
each year, this pervasive social problem has devastating effects on
victims, families, and communities. Prevention of Intimate Partner
Violence presents a comprehensive overview of the wide range of
efforts and approaches that have been successful in preventing
physical, emotional, and verbal abuse. A growing frustration with
the limits of therapeutic intervention and with the costs imposed
on society by intimate partner violence has created a need for
greater emphasis on state-of-the-art prevention programs that
really work. Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence addresses the
challenges of conducting and evaluating such programs, gaps that
exist in programming and research, and future trends in those
areas. A panel of domestic violence experts, researchers, and
healthcare professionals examines how to change the ways
individuals and the current health care system think about, and
respond to, intimate partner violence; how to change the ways young
people deal with anger in intimate relationships; and the ways
society can support families to reduce the occurrence of violence
in intimate relationships. Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence
examines: identifying risk factors the cost-benefit of universal
and targeted programs the effectiveness of parenting, stress
management, and substance abuse programs community capacity theory
community development social networks media and public awareness
campaigns healthcare screening programs and much more Prevention of
Intimate Partner Violence documents the effectiveness of prevention
interventions, encouraging prevention specialists to use
evidence-based interventions to enhance the effectiveness of their
own work. This powerful book is an invaluable professional resource
for social workers, family life educators, researchers, and
practitioners.
Stop intimate partner violence before it starts Intimate partner
violence touches everyone. With more than 1 million cases reported
each year, this pervasive social problem has devastating effects on
victims, families, and communities. Prevention of Intimate Partner
Violence presents a comprehensive overview of the wide range of
efforts and approaches that have been successful in preventing
physical, emotional, and verbal abuse. A growing frustration with
the limits of therapeutic intervention and with the costs imposed
on society by intimate partner violence has created a need for
greater emphasis on state-of-the-art prevention programs that
really work. Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence addresses the
challenges of conducting and evaluating such programs, gaps that
exist in programming and research, and future trends in those
areas. A panel of domestic violence experts, researchers, and
healthcare professionals examines how to change the ways
individuals and the current health care system think about, and
respond to, intimate partner violence; how to change the ways young
people deal with anger in intimate relationships; and the ways
society can support families to reduce the occurrence of violence
in intimate relationships. Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence
examines: identifying risk factors the cost-benefit of universal
and targeted programs the effectiveness of parenting, stress
management, and substance abuse programs community capacity theory
community development social networks media and public awareness
campaigns healthcare screening programs and much more Prevention of
Intimate Partner Violence documents the effectiveness of prevention
interventions, encouraging prevention specialists to use
evidence-based interventions to enhance the effectiveness of their
own work. This powerful book is an invaluable professional resource
for social workers, family life educators, researchers, and
practitioners.
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