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SynthesisHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2021

'I think I will need help': A systematic review of who facilitates the recovery from gender-based violence and how they do so.

Patricia Melgar Alcantud, Roger Campdepadrós-Cullell, Concepció Fuentes-Pumarola, Elena Mut-Montalvà

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Synthesis in Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  17. The Consequences of Disdainful Hook-Ups for Later Egalitarian Relationships of Girls.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  18. Health and Well-Being Consequences for Gender Violence Survivors from Isolating Gender Violence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  19. "Tell Someone," to Both Women and Men.Frontiers in psychology · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Patricia Melgar AlcantudSocial Work and Social Services Unit, Department of Pedagogy, University of Girona, Girona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2278-4569
Roger Campdepadrós-CullellSociology Unit, Department of Business Studies, University of Girona, Girona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3744-162X
Concepció Fuentes-PumarolaNursing Unit, Department of Nursing, University of Girona, Girona, Spain.
Elena Mut-MontalvàSocial Work and Social Services Unit, Department of Social Work and Social Services, Valencia, Spain.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextA key to advancing the eradication of gender-based violence (GBV) is knowing how to recover from it.

objectiveTo identify the changes that are indicators of having overcome GBV and determine the role of various support networks. SEARCH STRATEGY: We systematically searched Web of Science. INCLUSION CRITERIA: Publications whose abstracts contained a minimum of two of the following words: (a) support or network or solidarity, (b) violence and (c) recovery or healing. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS: Of the 273 documents retrieved, 52 were used using a narrative synthesis approach. MAIN

resultsFor recovery, women must reconnect with themselves, with their environment and with the world in general. Doing so requires support from both formal and informal networks. The intervention of other people is a common element in successful recovery processes. We identify three requirements for the intervention of these support networks to be effective: not blaming the victim, making women part of their own recovery process by showing them their own transformation potential and promoting reflection on the socialization they have experienced in their affective-sexual relationships.

conclusionsThere are multiple benefits to having formal or informal support during recovery. In informal networks, raising awareness and providing training are insufficient for promoting active support. Instead, the Second Order of Sexual Harassment must specifically be combatted. PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: From the authors' previous research, harassed women and survivors have underlined the necessity to identify indicators of recovery and which kind of support has an impact on it.

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Gender-Based ViolenceFemaleHumansNarrationSurvivorsgender-based violencerecoverysolidarity networkssupport

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PMCPMC7879545

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