Citation

Emerson AM, Ramaswamy M. Fam. Community Health 2015; 38(3): 240-251.

Affiliation

School of Nursing, University of Missouri-Kansas City (Dr Emerson); and Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City (Dr Ramaswamy).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/FCH.0000000000000073

PMID

26017002

Abstract

The field of interventional outcomes research in programs designed to treat trauma in correctionally involved women involves contributions from researchers in a variety of disciplines. In this review, we asked how recent interventional studies addressed 3 theoretical touchstones-relational cultural theory, trauma theory, and addiction theory. We found that few outcomes studies engaged theory directly on any of these points and concluded that the opportunity for field-defining debate may risk getting lost in a quest for numbers or outcomes. We recommended that researchers more explicitly position their work, especially with respect to key theories and points of debate.

Language: en