Abstract
Although it is estimated that approximately 75% of U.S. adults have e-mail access, the proportion of battered women's shelter residents who use e-mail is currently unknown. Remaining in contact with residents following shelter stays is challenging. E-mail might hold promise for follow-up contact if a sufficient number of survivors use e-mail and safety concerns can be addressed. Among a convenience sample of residents of 11 Massachusetts shelters (N = 57), the authors find that 47% had a current e-mail account. Among those with e-mail accounts, 89% used e-mail in locations other than their own homes; 81% reported that, to their knowledge, their e-mail accounts had never been accessed by unauthorized dating partners; and 88% reported that they thought it would be safe for the shelter to e-mail them following their departure. Additional research assessing the feasibility (i.e., safety, acceptability, and cost benefit) of remaining in contact with shelter residents via the Internet would be beneficial.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 736-744 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Violence Against Women |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Battered women's shelter residents
- Follow-up contact
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Gender Studies
- Law
- Sociology and Political Science
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E-mail use among a sample of intimate partner violence shelter residents. / Rothman, Emily F.; Meade, Jennifer; Decker, Michele R.
In: Violence Against Women, Vol. 15, No. 6, 06.2009, p. 736-744.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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