scholarly journals 'He said he was going to kill me'

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dabney P. Evans ◽  
Nancy S. DeSousa Williams ◽  
Jasmine D. Wilkins ◽  
Ellen D. Chiang ◽  
Olivia C. Manders ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Missed Opportunities ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Tiered Interventions ◽  
Intimate Femicide

This article uses a case study design to explore attempted intimate femicide in metropolitan São Paulo, Brazil. We conducted 30 in-depth interviews with adult women on community and personal relationship experiences, health-care services, and national legislation about violence against women. Through a thorough transcript review, we identified two participants, Maria* and Raquel*, whose intimate partners attempted to kill them. We used a modified grounded theory approach to code the entire sample, and further analysed these transcripts to identify missed opportunities for intervention in both the prevention of- and responses to intimate partner violence (IPV), and the antecedents of attempted intimate femicide. Both women had normalized experiences of violence, and experienced psychological abuse prior to the attempted intimate femicide. Social and familial networks were sources of shame for Raquel and support for Maria. Neither woman expressed confidence in law enforcement’s ability to protect women and girls from IPV. These cases illustrate the need for multi-tiered interventions to prevent femicide in Brazil, which boasts one of the highest global female homicide rates. Although anti-femicide laws exist, better mechanisms are needed to integrate health, legal and social services for IPV and femicide prevention. In addition, community- and interpersonal- level interventions that counteract the Brazilian ‘culture of violence’ and machismo may provide support for at-risk women and girls. *pseudonyms have been used to protect the identity of the participants

scholarly journals Impact of Intimate Partner violence on ever married women and utilization of antenatal care services in Tanzania

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Kabir ◽  
Anwarul Azim Majumder ◽  
SM Yasir Arafat ◽  
Rocky Khan Chodwhury ◽  
Shireen Sultana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
The Impact

Background and Objectives:Sub Saharan Africa region is considered as one of the deprived regions of this world and women from this part of the world are suffering from intimate partner violence. This study was undertaken to assess the impact of intimate partner violence on utilization of antenatal care services among the ever married women.Materials and Methods:This is a descriptive cross-sectional study design. The data used in this research was extracted from the Tanzania Demographic Health Survey 2015-16. A total of 13, 266 women were interviewed.Results:The mean age of the respondents is 28.69 years. About 74% women visited antenatal care services more than 4 times. Logistic regression results indicate that the middle-aged adult women (35-49 years age group) were identified having lower odds (Odds ratio: 0.807, 95% CI: 0.693-0.940, P<0.001) than women in younger age group. Women who did not complete their secondary education were less likelihood to experience IPV (Odds ratio: 0.705, 95% CI: 0.540-0.922, P<0.010).Conclusion:Intimate partner violence is one main challenge to women’s health and wellbeing during pregnancy period. Proper implementation and community based interventions to support pregnant women to seek antenatal care services and to raise awareness regarding intimate partner violence are advocated. 

scholarly journals ‘We are not blaming anyone, but if we don't know about amenities, we cannot seek them out’: black and minority older people's views on the quality of local health and personal social services in England

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
JILL MANTHORPE ◽  
STEVE ILIFFE ◽  
JO MORIARTY ◽  
MICHELLE CORNES ◽  
ROGER CLOUGH ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
The Body ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Care Services ◽  
National Service Framework ◽  
Nominal Groups ◽  
Minority Ethnic

ABSTRACTImproving access to culturally-appropriate services and enhancing responses to the needs of older people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds were among the aims of theNational Service Framework for Older People(NSFOP) that was introduced in England in 2001. Progress in meeting the aims of the NSFOP was evaluated by a mid-term independent review led by the Healthcare Commission, the body responsible for regulating health-care services in England. This paper reports the consultation with older people that underpinned the evaluation. It focuses on the views and experiences of older people from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups and of the staff that work in BME voluntary organisations. A rapid appraisal approach was used in 10 purposively selected local councils, and plural methods were used, including public listening events, nominal groups and individual interviews. In total 1,839 older people participated in the consultations and 1,280 (70%) completed a monitoring form. Some 30 per cent defined themselves as of a minority ethnic background. The concerns were more about the low recognition of culturally-specific and language needs than for the development of services exclusively for BME older people.

scholarly journals Using panel data to examine pregnancy attitudes over time

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heini Väisänen ◽  
Rachel K. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Multinomial Regression ◽  
Pregnancy Intentions ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Pregnancy Avoidance

There is a lack of research examining changes in women’s fertility attitudes over relatively short periods of time. The aim of this study was to determine whether and how women’s attempts to get pregnant and their desire to avoid pregnancy changed over six months’ time as well as which characteristics and circumstances were associated with these changes. Using multinomial regression, we analyzed two panels of data from a sample of approximately 3,000 U.S. adult women gathered within six months apart. Only 4% of the women were trying to get pregnant at both time points, but six percent went from trying to not or vice versa. Two-thirds reported a strong desire to avoid pregnancy at both points, but 9% transitioned from strong to not strong and an additional 7% transitioned from not strong to strong. Women who transitioned to a more serious romantic relationship were at increased risk of transitioning to trying to become pregnant and, not surprisingly, to a weaker pregnancy avoidance. Some of the variables we tested, including changes in employment status and race/ethnicity, were asso-ciated with one outcome but not the other. The results highlight the importance of taking a ho-listic perspective of women’s lives when studying pregnancy intentions and in reproductive health care services such as contraceptive counseling. Context matters and it may change rapidly.

La pianificazione socio-sanitaria: ruolo e funzioni del sociologo della salute

2009 ◽  
pp. 116-131
Author(s):  
Annamaria Perino
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Integration Planning ◽  
Sociology Of Health ◽  
Made In

- In the first part of the essay, after pointing out the need for an integrated work between social services and health-care services, the topic of planning and defining features, objectives and instruments is introduced. In the second part, referring to an empirical research recently made in Italy, Perino describes the role and functions of the sociologist of health in the processes of planning, with particular attention to critical and unsolved issues. Annamaria Perino suggests that in order to be innovative, the medical sociologist should redefine his/her identity.Key words: integration, planning, exploration, mediation, reflexivity, sociology of health.Parole chiave: integrazione, pianificazione, esplorazione, mediazione, riflessivitÀ, sociologia della salute.

scholarly journals Socio-economic, demographic, and behavioural determinants of women’s empowerment in Mozambique

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. e0252294
Author(s):  
Sofia Castro Lopes ◽  
Deborah Constant ◽  
Sílvia Fraga ◽  
Nafissa Bique Osman ◽  
Daniela Correia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Safe Sex ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Behavioural Determinants

Introduction Empowerment is considered pivotal for how women access and use health care services and experience their sexual and reproductive rights. In Mozambique, women’s empowerment requires a better understanding and contextualization, including looking at factors that could drive empowerment in that context. This study aims to identify socioeconomic, demographic, and behavioural determinants of different domains of women’s empowerment in Mozambique. Methods Using the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) conducted in 2015 for Mozambique, a sample of 2072 women aged between 15 and 49 years old were included in this study. The DHS’s indicators of women’s empowerment were used in a principal component analysis and the obtained components were identified as the domains of empowerment. Logistic regressions were run to estimate the association of socioeconomic, demographic, and behavioural characteristics with each domain of empowerment. Crude and adjusted odds ratios (OR) and respective 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated. Results Three domains of women’s empowerment were identified, namely (1) Beliefs about violence against women, (2) Decision-making, and (3) Control over sexuality and safe sex. Region, rurality, the experience of intimate partner violence (IPV) and partner’s controlling behaviours were associated with Beliefs about violence against women, while Decision-making and Control over sexuality and safe sex were also associated with education, age and wealth. Employment, polygamous marriage and religion was positively associated with Decision-making, and access to media increased the odds of Control over sexuality and safe sex. Conclusion Women’s empowerment seems to be determined by different socio-economic, demographic, and behavioural factors and this seems to be closely related to different domains of empowerment identified. This finding affirms the multi-dimensionality of empowerment as well as the importance of considering the context- and community-specific characteristics.

scholarly journals Japanese Translation and Cultural Adaptation of the Listening to Mothers II Questionnaire

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rieko Kishi ◽  
Beverly McElmurry ◽  
Susan Vonderheid ◽  
Susan Altfeld ◽  
Barbara McFarlin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Japanese Adult ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Culturally Adapted ◽  
Early Postpartum ◽  
Two Phases

The questionnaire used for the U.S. Listening to Mothers II survey was translated and culturally adapted to measure Japanese women’s experience during the period of pregnancy planning through early postpartum. Methods included expert panels and two phases of cognitive interviews with 20 postpartum Japanese adult women. The number of problems with the translated questionnaire effectively decreased in the iterative process. Most problems were found in the question–interpretation stage of cognitive processing, such as wording/tone. Culture-specific concepts and unclear items were adapted to prevent erroneous interpretations in future studies. The future use of this questionnaire to generate data sets will be useful for professionals interested in developing evidence-based practices. The knowledge from this study can be helpful in improving health-care services and education for women with diverse languages and cultural backgrounds.

scholarly journals COLLATERAL ISSUES IN TIMES OF COVID-19: CHILD ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND FEMICIDE

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Guerra Lund ◽  
Scheila Manica ◽  
Giselle Mânica
Keyword(s):  
Partner Violence ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Gender Based

Worldwide there is evidence of the increase of violence against women (gender-based) and children (gender and age-based) during the global pandemic of COVID-19. This literature review offers an overview of data on domestic and intimate partner violence (IPV) as it currently stands in some countries during the pandemic, describing deep psychosocial issues that illustrate the intergenerational transmission of violent actions, uncovering how these acts are unconsciously reproduced within families as a lack of conscious differentiation between them and the cultural, socio-economic norms that surround them takes place, as if normalising the brutality of gender inequality [violence as a representation of masculinity], minimising the effects of witnessing to violence, and/or practising violence as a form of discipline. Furthermore, it also includes recommendations that aim to mitigate risks and consequences of violence, and emphasises the urgency that must be in place to guarantee public access to health care services adapted to our new reality / COVID-19. In conclusion, we accentuate that the pandemic might accelerate public measures on decision making that target vulnerable women and children and make them regular in case they are judged efficient in face of an ever-growing phenomenon, that is the unfortunate banalisation of violent acts and narratives.

Pay Now or Pay Later: An Economic Rationale for State-Funded Helping Services to Assist Women Leaving an Abusive Relationship

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 770-797 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda DeRiviere
Keyword(s):  
Partner Violence ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Preventive Health Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Abusive Relationship ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Economic Rationale ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Individual

There has been an increase in costing analysis of intimate partner violence in recent decades, including the monetary impact to government, society, and the individual. Using data collected in a Canadian longitudinal study, the empirical analysis in this article provides an economic rationale for mobilizing public resources that improve the well-being of women leaving an abusive relationship. I estimated six variants of a selection model and used a costing exercise to build an economic case for preventive and other helping services to support women over their healing journey. The removal of financial constraints suffered by abused women, in support of their training needs, as well as reduced barriers to preventive health care services, may potentially lead to fiscal resource savings in the long run.

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