title: Perspectives on Violence Against Women: A Study of United States Nursing Textbooks.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study examines conceptualizations of violence against women in U.S. nursing textbooks published from 1995 to 2005. Framing this pivotal decade, the federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was passed and renewed. The American Nurses Association, the National League for Nursing, and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing also recognized violence against women as a health care priority.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sampling 107 generalist nursing textbooks from 1995 to 2005, the current study analyzes textbook terminologies, arguments, and protocols. Textbooks including violence were empirically tested for their application of gender neutral, symmetrical, and asymmetrical theoretical frameworks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Over 40% of generalist textbooks did not mention violence against women. Despite the VAWA in 1994 and broad recognition across national nursing organizations, textbooks did not change with regard to their treatment of violence over the next decade.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The frameworks that nursing textbooks use may foster challenges for nurses in recognizing, supporting, and assisting women who are victims/survivors of violence. [J Nurs Educ. 2017;56(3):164-169.].
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Price-Glynn
authors.forename: Stacy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Missari
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D013782:Textbooks as Topic; D014481:United States