ArticleHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2016
Help-seeking amongst women survivors of domestic violence: a qualitative study of pathways towards formal and informal support.
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- Screening Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy in Maternity Clinics-Views of Finnish Public Health Nurses.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2025Article
- Factors influencing help-seeking behaviour among young women with experience of intimate partner violence in Nigeria.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- "To Whom Should I Refer Her?" Factors Contributing to Religious Informal Helpers' Referral Decisions for Women with Mental Illness and At-Risk Women: The Case of Israeli Balaniyot.Journal of religion and health · 2025Article
- Learn to Live Again: A Pilot Study to Support Women Experiencing Domestic Violence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Intimate partner violence and post-migration stressors reported by refugee women accessing settlement services.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Knowledge and practices of regional and rural general practitioners in the identification and management of intimate partner and family violence: a mixed methods study in Western Australia.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Intimate Partner Violence: The Relationship Between the Stages of Change, Maintenance Factors, and the Decision to Keep or Leave the Violent Partner.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundInformal and formal support for women experiencing domestic violence and abuse (DVA) can improve safety and health outcomes. There has been little qualitative work on the role of both pathways to support and women's experiences of disclosing their experience of DVA in different contexts. OBJECTIVE AND STUDY
designThis qualitative study used repeat interviews with women survivors of DVA to explore their pathways to support and their experiences of barriers and facilitators to disclosure and help-seeking. SETTING AND
participantsThirty-one women seeking help from specialist DVA agencies in the UK were interviewed twice over 5 months.
resultsWomen recounted long journeys of ambivalence, often only disclosing abuse after leaving the perpetrator. Access to specialist support rarely came via general practitioners, despite high levels of consulting for anxious and depressed feelings, and was more often facilitated by police or housing agencies following a crisis such as assault. Informal disclosure only led to specialist help if the family member or friend themselves had experience or knowledge of DVA. DISCUSSION AND
conclusionsWomen experiencing DVA need earlier access to specialized DVA services. Many women needed an 'enabler' to facilitate access, but once this contact was made, disclosure to other professionals or to family and friends was legitimized in the eyes of the women. Safely accessible publicity about DVA services and an appropriate response from social and health-care professionals should be promoted, including support for women disclosing DVA to take action on the information they receive about services.
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