Help Seeking Behavior among Women Who Report Intimate Partner Violence in Afghanistan: an Analysis of the 2015 Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-79
Author(s):  
Nicholas Metheny ◽  
Rob Stephenson
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Demographic And Health Survey ◽  
Help Seeking Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior

Injury Patterns and Help-seeking Behavior in Hong Kong Male Intimate Partner Violence Victims

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Wai-Man Choi ◽  
Janet Yuen-Ha Wong ◽  
Chak-Wah Kam ◽  
Chu-Leung Lau ◽  
John Kit-Shing Wong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Help Seeking Behavior ◽  
Injury Patterns ◽  
Seeking Behavior

Help-Seeking Behavior in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: Toward an Integrated Behavioral Model of Individual Factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
CJ Eubanks Fleming ◽  
Patricia A. Resick
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
Planned Behavior ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Help Seeking Behavior ◽  
Andersen Model ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Seeking Behavior

This study examined individual behavioral predictors of help-seeking using the frameworks of the Andersen model and the theory of planned behavior in a sample of help-seeking female survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). In-person interviews were conducted with 372 women (Mage = 34.41 years, 66% African American). Results indicated that variables suggested by the Andersen model, including age, depression, psychological aggression, and posttraumatic stress-related arousal symptoms, were significant predictors of help-seeking. Variables suggested by the theory of planned behavior, including perceived helpfulness of resource and perceived controllability of the violence, were also significantly related to help-seeking. However, a combined model including variables from both theoretical approaches accounted for the most variance in help-seeking behavior. Overall, results suggest that these models are useful conceptualizations of help-seeking in an IPV population and that it is important to consider personal characteristics, need-based variables, and cognitive factors in outreach efforts.

scholarly journals Concomitant Forms of Abuse and Help-Seeking Behavior Among White, African American, and Latina Women Who Experience Intimate Partner Violence

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 1067-1085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon M. Flicker ◽  
Catherine Cerulli ◽  
Xi Zhao ◽  
Wan Tang ◽  
Arthur Watts ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
African American ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Latina Women ◽  
Help Seeking Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior

scholarly journals Experience of Intimate Partner Violence and Help-Seeking Behaviour among Women in Uganda

Psych ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 182-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bishwajit Ghose ◽  
Sanni Yaya
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Alcohol Drinking ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Demographic And Health Survey ◽  
Healthcare Use ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Seeking Help

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is recognised as a fundamental violation of women’s human rights and a widespread phenomenon in Africa. Women’s low socioeconomic empowerment, cultural acceptability, and lack of social support exacerbate the health and psychosocial outcomes of IPV among African women. To date, there is no systematic research on IPV and its association with healthcare use among adult women in Uganda. Therefore, we conducted the present study on IPV among Ugandan women of childbearing age (15–49 years). Cross-sectional data on 7536 women were collected from the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS—Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2016). The objectives were to assess the predictors of IPV as well as help-seeking behaviour for victims of IPV. IPV was assessed by women’s experience of physical, emotional and sexual violence and healthcare use was assessed by self-reported medical visits during the last 12 months. Logistic regression methods were used to analyse the data. According to descriptive findings, which showed that more than half of the women reported experiencing any IPV (55.3%, 95%CI = 53.6, 57.0), emotional IPV (41.2%, 95%CI = 39.6, 42.8) was the most prevalent of all three categories, followed by physical (39.3%, 95%CI = 37.7, 40.9) and sexual IPV (22.0%, 95%CI = 20.7, 23.3). In the multivariate analysis, higher age, rural residence, religious background (non-Christian), ethnicity (Banyankore and Itseo), secondary/higher education and husband’s alcohol drinking habit were positively associated with women’s experience of IPV. Husband’s alcohol drinking was found to be a significant barrier to seeking help among those who experienced IPV. In conclusion, our findings suggest a noticeably high prevalence of IPV among Ugandan women. There are important sociodemographic and cultural patterns in the occurrence of IPV that need to be taken into account when designing intervention policies. Special attention should be given to women living with husbands/partners who drink alcohol, as this might increase their odds of experiencing IPV, as well as reduce the likelihood of seeking help.

Help-Seeking Behavior for Intimate Partner Violence among Racial Minority Women in Canada

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilene Hyman ◽  
Tonia Forte ◽  
Janice Du Mont ◽  
Sarah Romans ◽  
Marsha M. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Racial Minority ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Help Seeking Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior

Intimate Partner Violence and Help-Seeking Behavior among Migrant Women in Australia

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 447-456
Author(s):  
Lata Satyen ◽  
Steve Piedra ◽  
Archna Ranganathan ◽  
Naomee Golluccio
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Help Seeking Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior
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