Variations in Women’s Help Seeking in Response to Intimate Partner Violence: Findings From a Canadian Population-Based Study

Barrett, Betty; Pierre, Melissa St.

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“…24,25,28 Several studies suggest that as the severity and frequency of violence increases, help seeking increases. 45,46 Thus, Latinas in our study may have experienced more severe IPV than Latinas who participated in studies that did not consist solely of women seeking help for IPV. Given the aforementioned barriers for foreign-born Latinas to seek services for IPV, 18,22 foreign-born Latinas in this study may have experienced the most severe IPV, which prompted them to seek services for IPV regardless of those barriers, and their abuse may have exceeded that of the US-born Latinas in this study.…”

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Intimate Partner Sexual Violence: A Comparison of Foreign- Versus US-Born Physically Abused Latinas

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Men's violence against women-particularly intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV)-is associated with the transmission of HIV. Men who physically abuse their female intimate partners often also sexually abuse them. Latinas are one of the fastest growing populations in the USA and at high-risk for contracting HIV, though little is known about IPSV against physically abused Latinas, including whether there is an association between nativity of the victim and the likelihood of sexual violence by intimate partners. This study examined the (1) prevalence of recent (past 6 months) IPSV against 555 physically abused, help-seeking Latinas and (2) relationship of nativity to recent IPSV. This study used data collected in 2002-2003 from participants in one major city on the East Coast and one West Coast county, who were involved in the Risk Assessment Validation (RAVE) Study. The RAVE Study assessed the accuracy of four different methods for predicting risk of future intimate partner violence. IPSV was defined as an abusive male partner physically forcing sex (rape) or making the woman have sex without a condom. Recent IPSV was reported by 38 % of the sample. Among those reporting recent IPSV, multiple assaults were common: 30 % of women were raped and 51 % were made to have unprotected sex six or more times during the past 6 months. IPSV was significantly associated with nativity. Physically abused Latinas who were foreign born had two times greater odds of reporting recent IPSV than physically abused Latinas born in the USA, after controlling for other demographic covariates. Exploratory post hoc analyses examining all pairwise comparisons of IPSV against Latinas born in the USA, Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean also revealed some significant differences that warrant further study with larger samples. HIV prevention efforts aimed at reducing IPSV in this population are needed.

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Intimate Partner Sexual Violence: A Comparison of Foreign- Versus US-Born Physically Abused Latinas

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“…Esta invisibilidade tem sido rompida pelas recentes pesquisas de prevalência que mostram a grande magnitude do fenômeno. 1 O sucesso no reconhecimento da VCM depende, dentre outros fatores, do modo pelo qual as questões são formuladas às clientes e recebidas pelos profissionais de saúde, 20 22 Identificar a violência depende da mobilização de recursos internos, sensibilidade, habilidade e disponibilidade para ouvir o outro, além de intenso investimento na capacitação profissional. No nosso estudo, os enfermeiros demonstraram bom conhecimento das condutas que facilitam a revelação da violência pela vítima, com escore médio de 3,53 pontos dentre os cinco possíveis de serem alcançados.…”

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Violência contra a mulher na rede de atenção básica: o que os enfermeiros sabem sobre o problema?

Baraldi

Almeida

Perdoná

et al. 2012

Rev. Bras. Saude Mater. Infant.

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“…21 As could be expected, strangulation was substantially higher among ever (vs never) abused women in the general population. 17 A focus on specific acts, such as strangulation and acid burnings, as well as parallels to other rights violations (e.g., water boarding) may help convey to policymakers and others the risk to and terror experienced by those being abused. Nonfatal strangulation might well be the domestic violence equivalent of water boarding.…”

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A Systematic Review of the Epidemiology of Nonfatal Strangulation, a Human Rights and Health Concern

Sorenson

Joshi²,

Sivitz³

2014

Am J Public Health

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We reviewed the literature on the epidemiology of nonfatal strangulation (also, albeit incorrectly, called choking) by an intimate partner. We searched 6 electronic databases to identify cross-sectional, primary research studies from 1960 to 2014 that reported national prevalence estimates of nonfatal strangulation by an intimate partner among community-residing adults. Of 7260 identified references, 23 articles based on 11 self-reported surveys in 9 countries met the inclusion criteria. The percentage of women who reported ever having been strangled by an intimate partner ranged from 3.0% to 9.7%; past-year prevalence ranged from 0.4% to 2.4%, with 1.0% being typical. Although many epidemiological surveys inquire about strangulation, evidence regarding its prevalence is scarce. Modifying or adding a question to ongoing national surveys, particularly the Demographic and Health Surveys, would remedy the lack of data for low- and middle-income countries. In addition, when questions about strangulation are asked, findings should be reported rather than only combined with other questions to form broader categories (e.g., severe violence). Such action is merited because of the multiple negative short- and long-term sequelae of strangulation.

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Variations in Women’s Help Seeking in Response to Intimate Partner Violence: Findings From a Canadian Population-Based Study

Cited by 173 publications

References 34 publications

Intimate Partner Sexual Violence: A Comparison of Foreign- Versus US-Born Physically Abused Latinas

Intimate Partner Sexual Violence: A Comparison of Foreign- Versus US-Born Physically Abused Latinas

Violência contra a mulher na rede de atenção básica: o que os enfermeiros sabem sobre o problema?

A Systematic Review of the Epidemiology of Nonfatal Strangulation, a Human Rights and Health Concern

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