Patterns of Morbidity and Mortality 6

Values and Beliefs of the population 12

Reliance on Local, Regional, and Federal Funding 13

Expectations of the Public for Care 16

Diagnostic Statements about the Population 16

Description of the Local Population

Domestic abuse in the United States is a large-scale and complex social and health problem. Domestic violence has become a major health threat to this nation, costing America thousands of lives and millions of dollars (Moore, Zaccaro, & Parsons, 1998). Domestic violence is known by many names including spouse abuse, domestic abuse, domestic assault, battering, partner abuse, and so on. McCue (1995) maintains that domestic abuse is commonly accepted by legal professionals as "the emotional, physical, psychological, or sexual abuse perpetrated against a person by that person's spouse, former spouse, partner, former partner or by the other parent of a minor child", although several other forms of domesti

c violence have become increasingly apparent in today's society. This threat has no prejudice, it spans all socioeconomic classes, professions, cultures, religions, ages, and gender; however, research shows that 95 to 98% of victims are women (Ellis, 1999). As many as one in ten women are abused each year in the United States (Attala, McSweeney, Mueller, Bragg, & Hubertz, 1999).

Oklahoma Coalition on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. (1993). Picking up the pieces [Brochure]. Oklahoma City, OK.

3. The nurse needs to give the victim reassurance that their feelings and responses are normal, they are not alone in their dilemma, and they do not deserve to be abused (Stanhope & Lancaster, 1996).

1. Actual or potential risk for impaired individual coping among women related to disruption of emotional bonds secondary to abuse, dysfunctional relationships, unsatisfactory support system, and inadequate knowledge of psychological and community resources as manifested by verbalization of the inability to cope or ask for help, difficulty with life stressors, and ineffective coping strategies (Carpenito, 1996).

McFarlane, J., Parker, B., Soeken, K., Silva, C., & Reel, S. (1997). Safety Behaviors of Abused Women After an Intervention During Pregnancy. JOGNN, 27 (1), 64 - 69.

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