title: Multiple approaches to understanding and preventing elder abuse: Introduction to the cross-disciplinary National Institutes of Health workshop.
abstract: On October 30, 2015, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) convened a workshop, "Multiple Approaches to Understanding and Preventing Elder Abuse," in Bethesda, Maryland. The workshop brought together experts from across disciplines to discuss research challenges, opportunities, and lessons learned from other fields. Participants included experts in elder abuse, child abuse, intimate partner violence (IPV), emergency medicine, and neuroscience. In this special issue of the Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, participants address topics explored before, during, and after the day-long workshop.
authors.affiliation: a Office of Science Policy , National Institutes of Health , Bethesda , Maryland , USA.
authors.forename: Katherine Witte
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Saylor
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004552:Elder Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States
keywords: Child abuse; National Institutes of Health; cross-disciplinary; elder abuse research; intimate partner violence; workshop