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Help-seeking by male victims of domestic violence and abuse (DVA): a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis.
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- Help seeking by male victims of domestic violence and abuse: an example of an integrated mixed methods synthesis of systematic review evidence defining methodological terms.BMC health services research · 2020Pooled it
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- Intersectional Barriers to Protection: Service Providers' Perspectives on Supporting Black, Latino, and Immigrant Male Victims of Female-perpetrated Intimate Partner Violence.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
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- Relationship Power Dynamics and Financial Dependence Among Sexual Minority Men in Relationships: Associations With Intimate Partner Violence.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2026Article
- Translation and validation of the Hebrew HITS screening tool for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV).BMC public health · 2026Article
- Barriers to domestic violence disclosure in healthcare settings: a scoping review of victim and provider perspectives.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Factors for Perceived Helpfulness of Support Sources Among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Older Perpetrators of Domestic Violence: Mixed-Effects Logistic Regression Analysis of Police Records.JMIR aging · 2025Article
- Spatial variation of intimate partner violence and its public health implication: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Domestic violence perpetration, victimisation and self-poisoning in Sri Lanka: a protocol for a hospital-based case-control study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- How to Evaluate Reports of Intimate Partner Violence? Examining Interpartner Agreement in a Forensic Sample of Different-Sex Couples Where Men are Accused of Intimate Partner Violence.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2025Article
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- Medical mesocosms and cohort differences in victim decisions in spousal violence in Sub-Saharan Africa.Frontiers in sociology · 2025Article
- An examination of criminal offenders with dementia in Australian courts.Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law · 2025Article
- Routine Sensitive Enquiry of Adult Interpersonal Trauma in Community Mental Health Teams: An Audit of the Initial Assessment Tool.Community mental health journal · 2024Article
- Service-seeking behaviors among male victims of violence in five African countries: The effects of positive and adverse childhood experiences.Child abuse & neglect · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo understand help-seeking by male victims of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) and their experiences of support services by systematically identifying qualitative and mixed-method studies and thematically synthesising their findings.
designSystematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis. Searches were conducted in 12 databases and the grey literature with no language or date restrictions. Quality appraisal of the studies was carried out using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme tool. Reviewers extracted first and second order constructs related to help-seeking, identified themes and combined them by interpretative thematic synthesis.
settingDVA experienced by male victims and defined as any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse among people aged 18 or over who are or have been intimate partners or family members, regardless of gender or sexuality.
participantsMale victims of DVA.
interventionsAny intervention which provides practical and/or psychological support to male victims of DVA including but not limited to DVA-specific services, primary healthcare and sexual health clinics. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Qualitative data describing help-seeking experiences and interactions with support services of male victims of domestic violence
resultsWe included twelve studies which were published between 2006 and 2017. We grouped nine themes described over two phases (a)
conclusionThe recent publication of the primary studies suggests a new interest in the needs of male DVA victims. We have confirmed previously identified barriers to help-seeking by male victims of DVA and provide new insight into barriers and facilitators to service provision. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42016039999.
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