Barriers to Formal Help-Seeking Behavior by Battered Turkish Women According to Sociodemographic Factors

Keskin, Abdulkadir; Karaman, Filiz

doi:10.3390/su13010165

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“…Women with a primary level of education showed a greater probability of seeking help relative to those without education. Our finding supports other findings [3,43,44] which indicated that an increase in the educational level increases help seeking behaviour for IPV. This could be attributed to the fact that education empowers and enlightens women to easily access information, especially legal information that could facilitate their IPV help seeking.…”

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“…This finding could be explained in several pathways. One probable reason is that working women are able to earn wages that allow them to accumulate greater social and financial resources which make them more proactive in identifying proper sources of aid to seek help for IPV [ 34 , 44 ]. Besides, working women are thought to be financially self-sufficient which could make them more likely to request assistance.…”

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Ending violence against women: Help-seeking behaviour of women exposed to intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa

Aboagye,

Seidu,

Cadri

et al. 2023

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Introduction Intimate partner violence is a serious public health problem that transcends cultural boundaries in sub-Saharan Africa. Studies have reported that violence characteristics and perception are strong predictors of help-seeking among women. We assessed the prevalence and factors associated with help-seeking among female survivors of intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods We pooled data from the most recent Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) of eighteen sub-Saharan African countries. The data were extracted from the women’s files in countries with datasets from 2014 to 2021. A weighted sample of 33,837 women in sexual relationships: married or cohabiting who had ever experienced intimate partner violence within the five years preceding the survey were included in the analysis. Percentages with 95% confidence interval (CI) were used to present the results of the prevalence of help-seeking for intimate partner violence. We used a multilevel binary logistic regression analysis to examine the factors associated with help-seeking among survivors of intimate partner violence. The results were presented using adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with their respective 95% CI. Statistical significance was set at p<0.05. Results Out of the 33,837 women who had ever experienced intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa, only 38.77% (95% CI = 38.26–39.28) of them sought help. Ethiopia had the lowest prevalence of women who sought help after experiencing intimate partner violence (19.75%; 95% CI = 17.58–21.92) and Tanzania had the highest prevalence (57.56%; 95% CI = 55.86–59.26). Marital status, educational level, current working status, parity, exposure to interparental violence, women’s autonomy in household decision-making, mass media exposure, intimate partner violence justification, wealth index, and place of residence were associated with help-seeking behaviour of intimate partner violence survivors. Conclusion The low prevalence of help seeking among women who have experienced intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa calls for the intensification of formal and informal sources of assistance. Education can play a critical role in empowering girls, which may increase future help-seeking rates. Through media efforts aimed at parental awareness, the long-term benefits of females enrolling in school could be achieved. However, concentrating solely on individual measures to strengthen women’s empowerment may not bring a significant rise in help-seeking as far as patriarchal attitudes that permit violence continue to exist. Consequently, it is critical to address intimate partner violence from the dimensions of both the individual and violence-related norms and attitudes. Based on the findings, there should be public awareness creation on the consequences of intimate partner violence. Respective governments must increase their coverage of formal support services to intimate partner violence survivors especially those in rural communities.

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Ending violence against women: Help-seeking behaviour of women exposed to intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa

Aboagye,

Seidu,

Cadri

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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“…Kekerasan seksual mampu menyebabkan masalah seperti trauma, depresi, dan gangguan kecemasan pada korban. 4 Upaya yang dapat dilakukan oleh korban untuk mengatasi trauma yang dialami, maka korban dapat mencari bantuan ke orang lain. 5 Pengambilan keputusan oleh perempuan disabilitas dalam mencari bantuan dapat dipengaruhi oleh beberapa faktor seperti kurangnya informasi terkait kekerasan seksual dan kurangnya ketersediaan informasi dari layanan pengaduan kekerasan seksual.…”

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“…Sejalan dengan penelitian pada wanita Asia, bahwa pengalaman kekerasan tidak dapat dibagikan ke orang asing dan kejadian seperti itu hanya dapat dibagikan kepada orang yang dapat dipercaya seperti keluarga dan teman yang dapat menyembunyikan informasi. 4 Sejalan dengan penelitian di Kanada, bahwa lebih dari 80% perempuan setidaknya menggunakan satu bentuk dukungan informal setelah terjadinya kekerasan. 19 Berdasarkan hasil penelitian ini, sebagian penyintas yang melanjutkan mencari bantuan hingga bantuan formal.…”

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Perilaku Pencarian Bantuan Oleh Perempuan Disabilitas Penyintas Kekerasan Seksual (Studi Kasus di Lembaga X Yogyakarta)

Widyaningtyas

Damayanti

2022

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Latar Belakang. Perempuan disabilitas menjadi kelompok rentan yang dapat mengalami kekerasan seksual akibat kondisi disabilitas dan ketidaksetaraan gender yang saling beririsan.Tujuan. Mengetahui perilaku pencarian bantuan oleh perempuan disabilitas penyintas kekerasan seksual dengan menggunakan model perilaku pencarian bantuan dari Liang tahun 2005, meliputi faktor individu, faktor interpersonal, faktor sosial budaya, pengenalan masalah, pengambilan keputusan untuk mencari bantuan, dan pemilihan sumber dukungan.Metode. Penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus di Lembaga X Yogyakarta dengan total 7 informan.Hasil. Penyintas memiliki persepsi keliru bahwa kekerasan seksual adalah tindakan disertai pemukulan dan bukan pemaksaan. Semua penyintas awalnya diam karena budaya yang menganggap disabilitas adalah orang yang tidak pantas memperoleh bantuan. Sumber bantuan informal lebih dipilih oleh penyintas untuk menyelesaikan masalah dan hanya sebagian penyintas yang lanjut ke lembaga formal.Kesimpulan. Penyintas dengan pengetahuan baik mengenai kekerasan seksual, memperoleh dukungan keluarga, dan memiliki sedikit hambatan sosial budaya akan mendorong penyintas untuk mencari bantuan sampai ke lembaga formal. ABSTRACT Background. Women with disabilities are a vulnerable group who can experience sexual violence due to conditions of disability and intersecting gender inequality.Aim. Knowing the behavior of seeking help by women with disabilities who are survivors of sexual violence by using the help seeking behavior model from Liang year 2005 includes individual factors, interpersonal factors, socio-cultural factors, problem recognition, decision making to seek help, and selection of sources of support.Method. Qualitative research with a case study approach at Institution X Yogyakarta with a total of 7 informants.Result. Survivors have a false perception that sexual violence is an act of beating and not coercion. All the survivors were initially silent because of the culture that considers people with disabilities to be people who do not deserve help. Informal sources of assistance are preferred by survivors to solve problems and only some survivors continue to formal institutions.Conclusion. Survivors with good knowledge about sexual violence, have family support, and have few socio-cultural barriers will encourage survivors to seek help to formal institutions

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Controlling behaviors and lifetime economic, emotional, physical, and sexual violence in Türkiye

Alkan

BAYHAN

Abar

2023

J Public Health (Berl.)

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Barriers to Formal Help-Seeking Behavior by Battered Turkish Women According to Sociodemographic Factors

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References 37 publications

Ending violence against women: Help-seeking behaviour of women exposed to intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa

Ending violence against women: Help-seeking behaviour of women exposed to intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa

Perilaku Pencarian Bantuan Oleh Perempuan Disabilitas Penyintas Kekerasan Seksual (Studi Kasus di Lembaga X Yogyakarta)

Controlling behaviors and lifetime economic, emotional, physical, and sexual violence in Türkiye

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