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When Older African American Women Are Affected by Violence in the Home: A Qualitative Investigation of Risk and Protective Factors

¹ Temple University School of Medicine
² University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
³ Emory University
⁴ Emory University School of Medicine

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: anuradha.paranjape{at}temple.edu.

	Abstract

A growing body of work has begun to recognize that the problem of older women affected by family violence (FV) deserves special consideration. Because risk and protective factors for FV can vary by social and cultural context, it is imperative that more focused attention be paid to vulnerable populations such as older African American women. This article reports on the results of a qualitative inquiry into individual, dyadic, and community-level variables that influence the risk of FV among older African American women receiving primary care at an inner-city hospital. An explanatory model that integrates these variables is presented.

First published on June 23, 2009, doi:10.1177/1077801209335490

Violence Against Women 2009;15:977.

A more recent version of this article appeared on August 1, 2009


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