It is estimate that between 2.5 and 4 million women are abused annually by their intimate partner. This abuse may be physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological. Current literature indicates that more than 1 million visits to emergency departments and primary health care providers are a result of domestic violence. The problem in identifying women who are abused appears to be the lack of assessment for domestic violence by health care providers. All women in primary care settings should be assessed for domestic violence. Both physical and emotional barriers are cited in the literature as reasons for this lack of assessment. Routine screening of all women is the key to identifying and reducing the risk of domestic violence. The purpose of this scholarly project was to develop, implement, and evaluate an educational program that incorporates role-playing, gaming, and discussion in a 60-minute educational program. The program entitled "Domestic Violence: Are We Assessing Adequately?" was designed to increase knowledge, comfort, and empathy of healthcare providers in addressing domestic violence. In this program the participants were taught the types and characteristics of physical, emotional, sexual, and psychological abuse. Gaming and role-playing were utilized as teaching techniques. Participants also learned about the costs of abuse and about referral sources. Included in this program was the importance of routine screening for all women and how to document pertinent information. This continuing education program was well received by the participants as reflected by their evaluations. Following minor revisions this program may be utilized by other health care providers to promote improved assessment of women for domestic violence.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--York University, 1999. Graduate Programme in Psychology. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-130). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNQ43417.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Central Florida, 2008. / Adviser: Jana Jasinski. Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-265).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington State University, December 2008. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 10, 2009). "Department of Political Science." Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-122).

Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (151-157).

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (151-157) Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rhode Island, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 215-229).

M.A. / Domestic violence is widespread in South Africa, with one in four women being the victims of it. Victims of domestic violence try to change their conditions in the hope that things will get better. Domestic violence takes many forms. Some of the victims experience only one form of violence while others experience different forms. Domestic violence has physical, emotional, sexual, and economic dimensions (Goosen and Shaik, 1998: 1). The Domestic Violence Act 116 of 1998 was passed in the South African Parliament and became operational on 15 December 1999. Unlike the old Act (i.e. the Prevention of the Family Violence Act of 1993), the new Act addresses a number of problems specific to domestic violence. It also recognizes the range of relationships within which domestic violence occurs as broader than only the relationship between a man and a woman. (Fedler in Reclaiming Women’s Spaces, 2000: 132). Gangaloo (in Naidoo, 1999: 17) mentioned that the preamble of the Domestic Violence Act aims to provide protection to the victims of domestic violence. The Protection Order under the Domestic Violence Act orders that perpetrators of domestic violence stop their violent behaviour against the victims and also that they be of good behaviour towards them. The research problem of the study can be formulated as follows: After the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act 116 of 1998, on 15 December 1998, a number of victims of domestic violence applied for and were granted the Protection Order in Alexandra Township. However, no follow-up studies have been done in Alexandra on the perspectives of the affected marital couples on the Protection Order. The main goal of the study is to explore the perspectives of marital couples in Alexandra Township on the Protection Order under the Domestic Violence Act 116 of 1998 with the intention of finding out whether the Act is achieving its primary purpose, i.e. to protect victims of domestic violence. The objectives of the research study are: * To explore perceptions on the impact of the Protection Order on family stability * To investigate the attitude of affected marital couples towards the Protection Order * To investigate the understanding of the Protection Order by affected marital couples * To investigate, using the results of the study, whether the Protection Order is achieving its primary purpose – i.e to protect victims of domestic violence. The researcher will be using qualitative research method to conduct the study. The goal of the study is exploratory as it will add new information and knowledge to the field of domestic violence. The research will focus on marital couples, married either in a civil or customary marriage, who applied for and were granted the Protection Order between January 2000 to January 2001. The age group of the respondents varies from 30 to 55 years. The research results of the study show that legal remedies alone will not eradicate domestic violence. The study demonstrates that physical violence may have stopped but victims are still abused emotionally. / MS. H.F. Ellis

This thesis employed interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) of semi-structured interviews to explore participants' experiences of therapeutic relationship using a person-centred approach (Rogers, 1957).