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Barriers to Domestic Violence Help Seeking: Implications for Intervention
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Data were obtained from the Chicago Women’s Health Risk Study, in which 491 abused women were interviewed in public health centers and a hospital. Responses of a subgroup of these women who did not seek help through the identified interventions are examined. Common themes emerge across the help-seeking interventions studied: individual thresholds for the seriousness of the violence, a perceived requirement to end the relationship, and certain specific barriers. The responses provide a glimpse into abused women’s reasons for not seeking particular interventions. Implications for public health, mental health, domestic violence counseling agencies, and the police are discussed.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fugate, M., Landis, L., Riordan, K., Naureckas, S., & Engel, B.
- Affiliations
- City of Chicago (US)
- Field Foundation (US)
- Erie Family Health Center (US)
- Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (US)
- Venue
- Violence Against Women
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-03
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 290-310
- ISSN
- 1077-8012 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-8448
- OpenAlex
- W2122882139
- Cited by
- 408
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 13.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Violence Against Women (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Keywords
- domestic violence, help-seeking barriers, battered women, help-seeking interventions, breakup, public health centers, police response to domestic violence
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attitude to Health, Chicago, Communication Barriers, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Professional-Patient Relations, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Spouse Abuse, Women's Health, Risk Assessment, Battered Women, Crime Victims
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