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This web site tool that helps determine whether a specific location is considered rural based on various definitions of rural, including definitions that are used as eligibility criteria for federal programs.

This executive summary provides a general statistical overview of women's lives in rural regions. This includes summarizing some of the findings from the final report around the following topic areas: ethnicity/age, education/economics, social life, chronic illness, depression/anxiety, substance abuse, maternal health, HIV/AIDS, violence, homicide/ suicide, gay rural women, elderly rural women, disabled rural women and the commonly cited barriers to treatment.

The brochure provides information on key rural conditions and trends for use by public and private decision makers and others involved in efforts to enhance the economic opportunities and quality of life for rural people and their communities.

This fact sheet defines and discusses what rural life today looks like. Topics include Demography, Economics, Psychology and Culture.

The page also includes a list of rural resources, tools, maps, journals and other helpful information.

"The United States Census Bureau has taken the lead in creating a working definition of rural by defining what is urban or metropolitan, then defining rural by exclusion. The Bureau defines an urbanized area (UA) as consisting of adjacent, densely settled census block groups (BGs) and census blocks that meet minimum population density requirements along with adjacent densely settled census blocks where together they encompass a population of at least 50,000 people."

This bibliography includes resource guides, articles, websites, and books related to domestic violence in rural communities.

The information provided in this summary translates easily to rural and remote communities in the U.S. and other nations.

This article discusses the critical role of primary care providers in identifying intimate partner violence and facilitating referrals through routine inquiry, ongoing dialogue, and establishing patient trust.

Policy recommendations are provided.

This pocket brochure, which is available in English and Spanish languages, is designed for girls and advises girls to respect others to receive respect in return. The brochure includes a short quiz that aims to guide girls to stand up for "what's right."

This pocket brochure, which is available in English and Spanish languages, is designed for boys and advises them to respect others to receive respect in return. The brochure includes a short quiz that aims to guide boys to stand up for "what's right."

This pocket reference card for health care providers includes guidance on conducting routine assessment for domestic violence.

This poster informs women who are being abused that abuse is not their fault and encourages them to talk to their health care providers.

This poster informs the perpetrators of domestic violence about the negative effects of domestic violence on children and encourages the perpetrators to stop abuse.

This pamphlet provides information about the risk of domestic violence to women of reproductive age and emphasizes the importance of screening pregnant women for domestic violence.

This pamphlet helps women identify intimate partner violence during their pregnancy. It provides information about the different types of abuse and how intimate partner violence might start during pregnancy, as well as information about safety planning.

This brochure provides information to patients who abuse their wife or girlfriend and encourages them to seek help from their health care providers.

The purpose of the article is to be able to make others in the field aware of some of the similarities and differences that exist among stand-alone and dual programs.

This document discusses various levels of prevention and focuses on primary prevention strategies for intimate partner violence. It also explores health care professionals' role in primary prevention of intimate partner violence.

This first issue of the Alliance journal, Revolution, invites it's readers to ponder the differences and similarities between the work to end sexual violence in America, and the work to end domestic violence in that same culture. The issue also shares a few observations about the process of creating the Alliance.

This report shows that adolescents who have experienced interpersonal violence are at a higher risk of teen pregnancy. The report recommends strategies to prevent adolescent pregnancy as well as to support pregnant and parenting adolescents, their partners, and children.

This brief provides data on violence against women and reproductive health revealing that domestic violence poses health risks to women of reproductive age.

In this keynote, Ellen Tallaferro suggests that women who experience violence are likely to visit health care providers more frequently for physical and mental health problems and highlights the important role of health care providers in responding to intimate partner violence by identifying, documenting, making provision for safety, referral, and assurance to women who have been abused.

This article links theories of depression with research findings on battered women. The authors conclude that battering is a significant risk factor for depression.

This pamphlet provides information about signs and symptoms of traumatic brain injuries that are likely to result from domestic violence. The pamphlet also includes domestic violence screening questions for patients who have traumatic brain injuries.