NCJ Number
226944
Journal
Violence Against Women Volume: 15 Issue: 4 Dated: April 2009 Pages: 428-433
Date Published
April 2009
Length
6 pages
Annotation
This article proposes public health as a model framework in which to study the field of violence against women (VAW).
Abstract
A public health model is described as having the potential to serve as the shared paradigm that Carol Jordan called for in her review which offered a compelling argument for how to advance the field of VAW research through the creation of a new science. In this advancement, the goal is to increase awareness of the benefits of a public health framework for addressing VAW and facilitate a field of VAW researchers focused on a shared end goal, prevention of VAW. Argument is made for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to be the lead public health agency placing them in a unique position to assist in advancing the field similar to the way Jordan proposes with her idea to create a science of VAW. Public health is an ideal framework in which to study VAW, given the magnitude of the problem, the fact that it has many health-related impacts, and the fact that one of the strengths of the public health model is that it is multidisciplinary and involves several separate and diverse fields of scientific expertise. References