Preliminary construction of a service provider--informed domestic violence research agenda.
This article presents the results of a statewide survey of domestic violence (DV) service providers that focused on the needs, background characteristics, and opinions of service providers related to research. The survey included an examination of service providers' motivation for working in the field, research background and training, and perceptions of research as well as the topics they believe are important for researchers to study, the resources they consult to learn about DV, and their suggestions to help researchers learn more about the nature of their work. The results are integrated into a preliminary agenda for future DV research that accounts for the needs and insight of service providers.
Murray
Christine E
CE
The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA. cemurray@uncg.edu
Welch
Metoka L
ML
D003625:Data Collection; D017579:Domestic Violence; D006282:Health Personnel; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends*; D015144:Southeastern United States