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

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.

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

The Royal Commission into Family Violence: Trends in the Reporting of Intimate Partner Violence and Help-Seeking Behavior

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626051989734
Author(s):  
Lata Satyen ◽  
John W. Toumbourou ◽  
Jess Heerde ◽  
Meu Supol ◽  
Archna Ranganathan
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Royal Commission ◽  
Help Seeking Behavior ◽  
Community Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
General Community

There is a dearth of research investigating whether public inquiries such as Royal Commissions trigger community behavior change or awareness about targeted health and social issues within the general community. This study examined trends in the reporting of intimate partner violence (IPV) and help-seeking behavior before and during the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence. Six hundred seventy-seven women across Australia, including 172 migrant and 505 nonmigrant women, completed surveys on their experience of IPV and help-seeking behavior over a 4-year period. Prevalence estimates were weighted to the Australian Census data to reflect the Australian population breakdown for age and migrant status. Results showed levels of IPV reported by participants significantly increased during the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence in 2015. Similarly, the perceived need to seek help for abuse significantly increased from the start of the Royal Commission; this was, however, evident for nonmigrant, but not migrant women. The findings are discussed considering the influence of the Royal Commission into Family Violence, its public profile, and the pervasiveness of the information about family violence during this time that could have led to an increasing trend in knowledge about family violence and the perception of requiring assistance in the general community. It is recommended that future Royal Commissions prepare for predictable changes in community behavior and institutions organize their resources to address the potential increased disclosure of the problems addressed.

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