Influence of cultural norms on formal service engagement among survivors of intimate partner violence: a qualitative meta-synthesis

J Green, L Satyen… - Trauma, Violence, & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
For victim-survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV), receiving help from formal services
such as specialist family violence, health, or criminal justice services can be critical for their …

Facilitators of formal help-seeking for adult survivors of IPV in the United States: A systematic review

KE Ravi, SR Robinson… - Trauma, Violence, & …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
A survivor's decision to engage with formal services for experiences of intimate partner
violence (IPV) is influenced by factors at the individual, interpersonal, and sociocultural …

Silent suffering: unveiling factors associated with women's inability to seek help for intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

KS Dickson, ENK Boateng, D Adzrago, IY Addo… - Reproductive health, 2023 - Springer
Background Evidence shows that intimate partner violence (IPV) occurs more frequently in
sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) than in other regions of the world. However, limited empirical …

Identifying and responding to the complex needs of domestic violence housing practitioners at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic

N Nnawulezi, M Hacskaylo - Journal of family violence, 2022 - Springer
The social, financial, and emotional repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic has left many
organizations that support survivors of intimate partner violence questioning how to maintain …

How race and gender stereotypes influence help-seeking for intimate partner violence

AE Monterrosa - Journal of interpersonal violence, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This qualitative study investigated how stereotypes affect help-seeking behaviors for women
in abusive relationships. It consisted of in-depth interviews of 15 female victims of intimate …

“I have to fight to get out”: African American women intimate partner violence survivors' construction of agency

BY Waller, TB Bent-Goodley - Journal of interpersonal …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
African American women survivors of intimate partner violence are disproportionately
murdered and help-seeking is a critical variable to examine as it relates to it. There is an …

Prevalence, pattern, and predictors of formal help-seeking for intimate partner violence against women: findings from India's cross-sectional National Family Health …

S Kanougiya, M Sivakami, N Daruwalla, D Osrin - BMC public health, 2022 - Springer
Background Help-seeking for intimate partner violence (IPV) requires women to disclose
their experiences. For policymakers, low help-seeking threatens the United Nations …

Intimate partner violence help-seeking in the US Transgender Survey

AM Messinger, V Kurdyla… - Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Research finds that transgender survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) often face
transphobia-related barriers to reaching help. Due partially to a dearth of larger datasets …

“I am the one that needs help”: The theory of help-seeking behavior for survivors of intimate partner violence

BY Waller, PA Joyce, CR Quinn… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
African American women survivors of intimate partner violence disproportionately
experience homicide due, in part, to the racism and racial discrimination they experience …

Services for domestic violence victims in the United Kingdom and United States: Where are we today?

EA Bates, EM Douglas - Partner abuse, 2020 - connect.springerpub.com
Over the last 50 years, there has developed a wealth of literature that has explored the
experiences of victims of intimate partner violence (IPV). This has demonstrated the adverse …