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    Relevant Evidence for Practice
    HUMPHREYS, C (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006)
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    Clinical Data Mining in the Age of Evidence-Based Practice: Recent Exemplars and Future Challenges
    Epstein, I ; Joubert, LBJ ; Syvajarvi, A ; Stenvall, J (IGI Global, 2010)
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    Crossing the Great Divide: Response to Douglas and Walsh
    Humphreys, C (SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2010-05)
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    Night terrors - Women's experiences of (not) sleeping where there is domestic violence
    Lowe, P ; Humphreys, C ; Williams, SJ (SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2007-06)
    The management of sleep is embedded within the social context of individuals' lives. This article is based on an exploratory study using focus groups of the sleep problems encountered by 17 women survivors of domestic violence. It argues that fear becomes the organizing framework for the management of sleep and illustrates how this takes place both while living with the perpetrators of violence and after the women have been rehoused. It argues that sleep deprivation is a method used by the perpetrators to exert control over women and that this has long-term implications for women's physical and mental health.
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    Responding to a "Window of Opportunity": The Detection and Management of Aged Abuse in an Acute and Subacute Health Care Setting
    Joubert, L ; Posenelli, S (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2009)
    Aged abuse can manifest as physical harm, sexual assault, intimidation, blackmail, and social deprivation, misappropriation of funds or property, and neglect. The extent of the problem is difficult to assess in health settings due to underreporting and the fragility and reluctance of the elderly in being able to discuss the issue with health care providers. This appears to be related to the fact that perpetrators are frequently family members with resulting issues of aged dependency, family loyalty, and fear of the consequences of reporting. Of equal importance is a general lack of community understanding of aged abuse, including health professionals who frequently lack the confidence in screening and management to respond appropriately when aged abuse is suspected. Staff knowledge and skills emerge as a deficit in the detection of elder abuse and staff education has been identified as an effective means of improving the recognition of the abused elderly person in acute hospital settings. In addition, there remains a need for effective screening protocols. The aim of this study was to explore the recognition of aged abuse in an acute and subacute hospital setting. This has implications for effective management and community linkage as well as strengthening the knowledge base of issues related to this vulnerable group. The study included a survey and interview with hospital staff to explore their response to aged abuse over a retrospective twelve-month period.
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    Domestic violence and child protection: exploring the robe of perpetrator risk assessments
    Humphreys, C (BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 2007-11)
    ABSTRACT This article explores the issue of severity in relation to domestic violence and provides a number of reasons for the necessary engagement by workers with such a contentious issue. The specific role that the assessment of the risks posed by the perpetrator which has now developed in some police forces in the United Kingdom is examined, and its relevance to child welfare intervention discussed. A range of factors are identified that heighten the risks of increased violence. These include prior sexual assault; stalking and controlling behaviour; substance misuse and mental‐health problems; separation and child contact disputes; pregnancy; escalation including the use of weapons and psychological abuse; attempts and threats to kill; child abuse; isolation and barriers to help‐seeking. The ways in which perpetrator risk assessment can be used to inform the filtering of referrals to the statutory child care agency, enhance multi‐agency working, provide a structure for the assessment of the perpetrator, enhance partnership‐working with survivors (usually women) and inform the protection strategies for workers are explored.