Community-Based Services and Interventions for Adults With Disabilities Who Have Experienced Interpersonal Violence: A Review of the Literature

This study provides a review of the peer-reviewed literature from 1995 to 2010 on violence-related service, prevention, and intervention programs for people with disabilities. A comprehensive literature search resulted in a total of 16 articles, 6 related to service programs and 10 related to interv...

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Published in:Trauma, violence & abuse violence & abuse, 2011-10, Vol.12 (4), p.171-182
Main Author: Lund, Emily M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abuse
Accessibility
Adult
Adults
Aggression
Collaboration
Communities
Community Mental Health Services - organization & administration
Community Mental Health Services - statistics & numerical data
Community Networks
Controlled conditions
Cultural Sensitivity
Disabilities
Disability
Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data
Domestic violence
Family Violence
Female
Handicapped accessibility
Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data
Health Services Needs and Demand - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Intellectual disabilities
Intellectual Disability - epidemiology
Interpersonal Relations
Intervention
Literature Reviews
Male
Men
Partner Abuse
People with disabilities
Physical disabilities
Physically Handicapped
Prevention
Reviews
Spouse Abuse - prevention & control
Spouse Abuse - statistics & numerical data
Violence
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Summary:This study provides a review of the peer-reviewed literature from 1995 to 2010 on violence-related service, prevention, and intervention programs for people with disabilities. A comprehensive literature search resulted in a total of 16 articles, 6 related to service programs and 10 related to intervention and prevention programs. The services articles revealed a noticeable disconnect between the violence services programs’ perceived accessibility and the perception of their accessibility in the disability community. Most of the intervention and prevention articles focused exclusively on abuse prevention for adults with intellectual disabilities and generally had small samples and lacked controlled conditions. Very few methods of abuse treatment for people with disabilities have been empirically evaluated. Efforts should be made to improve accessibility and increase cross-collaboration between domestic violence services and disability service organizations, and there is a need for accessible, culturally sensitive, and rigorously tested abuse interventions and prevention programs for women and men with diverse disabilities.
ISSN:1524-8380
1552-8324
DOI:10.1177/1524838011416377