Helping Survivors of Domestic Violence

The Effectiveness of Medical, Mental Health, and Community Services

Judith Gordon

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781138668508
• eBook ISBN: 9781317211341
• Topic: Geschichte
• Subtopic: Weltgeschichte

First published in 1998, this study investigates the effectiveness of services for helping women who are survivors of domestic violence. Looking at a sample from Western and Central Oregon, it examines the utilization and perceived effectiveness of resources for survivors and, in doing so, it systematically assesses the efficacy of community and professional services.

This book will be of particular interest to social work students and practitioners, but will also be helpful to those studying healthcare and law.

APPENDIX A

Measures of Community and Professional Services

SUPPORT GROUP SURVEY

I. This section asks general questions about you.

1. Today’s Date:________________________

2. Your Birthdate:________________________

3. Race/Ethnicity:

☐ Caucasian (white)

☐ African-American

☐ Asian, Pacific Islander

☐ Native American (American Indian)

☐ Other (please specify)________________________

Are you Hispanic/Latino? ☐ Yes ☐ No

4. Marital Status:

☐ Single

☐ Married

☐ Living with partner

5. Education Completed:

☐ Grades 0–8

☐ Grades 9–11

☐ High school graduate or equivalent

☐ Some college

☐ College graduate

☐ Post college

6. Employment status:

☐ Full time

☐ Part time

☐ Full time homemaker

☐ Student

7. If employed, what is your occupation or job? ________________________

8. If unemployed, would you like to be employed?

☐ Yes ☐ No

9. If “Yes”, do you think you have the skills to get a job right now?

☐ Yes ☐ No

10. Estimated household annual income: ________________________

11. Number of children: ________________________

12. Do your children live primarily with you?

☐ Yes ☐ No

13. Do you have health insurance?

☐ Yes ☐ No

14. Are you still living with your abusive partner?

☐ Yes ☐ No

15. If “No”, how long have you been separated from your abusive partner? ________________________

16. How long have you been in (were you in) this abusive relationship? ________________________

17. Approximately how many times did you leave or make an attempt to leave this abusive relationship? ____________ times

18. Approximately how many abusive partners have you had? ____________ abusive partners

II. This section contains questions about your use of different types of community services.

Physicians

19. Do you have a prima...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Figures
• Tables
• Acknowledgments
• I What Is Domestic Violence?
• II Review of the Literature
• III Method
• IV Results
• V Discussion
• Appendix A Measures of Community and Professional Services
• Appendix B Measures of Abuse
• References
• Index