PART ONE: SYSTEM CHANGE: POLICY AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Making the Health Care System an Empowerment Zone for Battered Women - Jacquelyn C Campbell Health Consequences, Policy Recommendations,Introduction, and Overview Health Care-Based Programs for Domestic Violence Survivors - Daniel J Sheridan Domestic Violence - Debra Gay Anderson, Barbara J Limandri and Virginia P Tilden Reconsideration of Ethical Issues in the Health Care System Woman Abuse - Josephine Ryan and Christine King Educational Strategies to Change Nursing Practice PART TWO: DYNAMICS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Exploration of Women's Identity - Karen M Landenburger Clinical Approaches with Abused Women What Helped Most in Leaving Spouse Abuse - Yvonne C Ulrich Implications for Interventions PART THREE: ABUSE AND PREGNANCY The Dynamics of Battering during Pregnancy - Jacquelyn C Campbell, Catharine E Oliver and Linda F Bullock Women's Explanations of Why Risk Factors of Femicide among Pregnant and NonPregnant Battered Women - Jacquelyn C Campbell et al Stress Related to Domestic Violence during Pregnancy and Infant Birth weight - Mary Ann Curry and S Marie Harvey Nursing Interventions for Abused Women on Obstetrical Units - Linda F Bullock PART FOUR: CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS Helping Battered Women Take Care of Their Children - Janice Humphreys Diverging Realities - Janet R Ericksen and Angela D Henderson Abused Women and Their Children The Struggles of Runaway Youths - Fay A Gary and Doris W Campbell Violence and Abuse PART FIVE: CLINICAL APPLICATIONS AND INTERVENTIONS Changing Women's Lives - M Christine King The Primary Prevention of Violence against Women Screening for Abuse in the Clinical Setting - Kathleen K Furniss The Abuse Assessment Screen - Karen L Soeken et al A Clinical Instrument to Measure Frequency, Severity and Perpetrator of Abuse against Women Assessing Physical and Nonphysical Abuse against Women in a Hospital Setting - Deborah Page-Adams and Susan Dersch Domestic Violence - Diane M Brockmeyer and Daniel J Sheridan A Practical Guide to the Use of Forensic Evaluation in Clinical Examination and Documentation of Injuries PART SIX: CULTURALLY SPECIFIC CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS Providing Effective Interventions for African American Battered Women - Doris W Campbell and Faye A Gary Afrocentric Perspectives Clinical Interventions with Native American Battered Women - Diane K Bohn Intervening with Battered Hispanic Pregnant Women - Sara Torres Clinical Interventions with Battered Migrant Farm Worker Women - Rachel Rodridguez Issues in Providing Care for Rural Battered Women - Nancy Fishwick