Barriers to Information: How Formal Help Systems Fail Battered Women - Couverture rigide

Dewdney, Patricia; Harris, Roma

 
9780313286803: Barriers to Information: How Formal Help Systems Fail Battered Women
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0313286809 ISBN 13 : 9780313286803
Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1994

Synopsis

Ordinary citizens face a frustrating and increasingly complex maze of human service agencies when they seek help for everyday problems, even though one stop information and referral centers have been established to facilitate information seeking in many communities. This book explores the relationship between the information needs of battered women and the information response provided through social networks in six communities of varying size.

The book is based on an award-winning study, in which 543 women described their knowledge of the problem of woman abuse and what kinds of information resources would be helpful to an abused woman. In the second phase of the study, 179 interviews were conducted with service providers identified by these women as likely sources of help. A comparison of the interviews demonstrates that the response of information delivery systems does not adequately meet the needs and expectations of those women who would seek such services. The final chapters of the volume focus on the implications of this study for the design of social service systems.

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À propos de l?auteur

ROMA M. HARRIS is Professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Western Ontario. She has written a book on women in librarianship, and her many articles have appeared in journals such as Library Quarterly, the Canadian Library Journal, and College & Research Libraries.

PATRICIA DEWDNEY is Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Western Ontario. She has written a book on effective communication, and her articles have appeared in RQ, the Canadian Library Journal, and other publications.

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Éditeur
Praeger Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0313286809
ISBN 13 
9780313286803
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
192
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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