title: Domestic violence: recognition, intervention, and prevention.
abstract: Domestic violence is a significant social and health problem that has received intensive recent publicity in the lay media. Nurses should play a major role in primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention interventions. Intensified health promotion and public policy initiatives can reduce the incidence of domestic violence in the future.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011322:Primary Prevention; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology