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Screening for vulnerability to abuse among older women — Women's Health Australia Study
Author(s)	Margot J Schofield, Rhonda Reynolds, Gita D Mishra
Journal title	Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 21, no 1, March 2002
Pages	pp 24-47
Keywords	Older women ; Elder abuse ; Screening ; Longitudinal surveys ; Australia.
Annotation	The validity of a brief self-report screening measure for elder abuse was examined on a nationally representative sample of more than 12,000 older women in the baseline survey of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. The screening instrument was a modification of the Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test. Four factors, each of three items, were identified representing the following domains: vulnerability, dependence, dejection, and coercion. The vulnerability and coercion factors had the highest face validity for abuse, and demonstrated moderate to good construct validity. The six items comprising those factors may provide a simple screening tool for elder abuse. The identified correlates of abuse indicators have the potential to enhance policy developments, screening and carer support programmes. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020624202 A
Classmark	BD: QNT: 3V: 3J: 7YA
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