From the Voices of Women: Facilitating Survivor Access to IPV Services
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This mixed-method study investigated perceptions women domestic violence survivors/victims have about why women do not seek help from formal support structures and actions domestic helping agencies can take to facilitate survivor access to services. Congruent with previous research, quantitative analysis identified 17 reasons women do not seek help from formal support structures. Expanding current knowledge, concept mapping revealed six ways family violence programs can better reach women in abusive relationships, including (1) remove barriers to services, (2) improve comfort with services, (3) “talk about it,” (4) improve community awareness, (5) victim-targeted marketing, and (6) “I honestly don’t know.”
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The study provides corroboration and further understanding of barriers to disclosure and help-seeking previously identified.
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- Authors
- Simmons, C. A., Farrar, M., Frazer, K., & Thompson, M. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Memphis (US)
- Exchange Club Family Center, Memphis, TN
- Venue
- Violence Against Women
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2011-10
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1226-1243
- ISSN
- 1077-8012 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-8448
- OpenAlex
- W2160602084
- Cited by
- 60
- References
- 49
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- FWCI
- 3.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Violence Against Women (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Demography › Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Keywords
- domestic violence, intimate partner violence, help-seeking, women survivors, barriers to services, access to services, community awareness, concept mapping
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attitude to Health, Awareness, Communication, Delivery of Health Care, Female, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Marketing of Health Services, Middle Aged, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Perception, Spouse Abuse, United States, Women's Health Services, Patient Satisfaction, Battered Women, Crime Victims, Young Adult
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