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Rehabilitation and Therapy

Eastern Kentucky University

Theses/Dissertations

2016

Domestic Violence

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Empower Me! Don’T Abuse Me”: An Occupational Therapy Approach To Violence Prevention, Canique Brown Jan 2016

Empower Me! Don’T Abuse Me”: An Occupational Therapy Approach To Violence Prevention, Canique Brown

Occupational Therapy Doctorate Capstone Projects

Background: Domestic violence is becoming more prevalent among African American female ages 16 to 24 years. Occupational therapists are trained health care professionals that are able to work with these individuals. This is topic has limited research within the field of occupational therapy; hence, this Capstone Project was conducted with nine adolescent female African American women ages from a local church in the West Palm Beach, Florida, area.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of an occupational therapy violence prevention program for young African American females ages 16 to 24, the age at …