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ArticleJournal of interpersonal violence2026

"I Thought I Was Going to Die": Identifying Gaps in the Intimate Partner Violence Service Provision System for Black Women.

Bernadine Y Waller, Karen A Johnson, Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, Whittni L Holland, Michelle Richardson-Ridley, Alicia M Wilson, Chiamaka Chide, Amanda Taffy, Temiloluwa Adeyemo, Tricia B Bent-Goodley

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Article in Journal of interpersonal violence, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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10 authors.

Bernadine Y WallerDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1059-301X
Karen A JohnsonSchool of Social Work, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA.
Dawn Goddard-EckrichSchool of Social Work, Social Intervention Group, Columbia University, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3456-2322
Whittni L HollandSchool of Social Work, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA.
Michelle Richardson-RidleyKansas University School of Social Welfare, Lawrence, KS, USA.
Alicia M WilsonAdelphi University School of Social Work, Garden City, NY, USA.
Chiamaka ChideTeachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Amanda TaffySchool of Social Work, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA.
Temiloluwa AdeyemoDepartment of Human Biology, Stanford University, CA, USA.
Tricia B Bent-GoodleyHoward University Graduate School, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4263-9155

Funding

Increasing Access To Depression Care For Black Women Survivors Of Intimate Partner ViolenceK23MH133979 · NIMH · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Bernadine Waller · 2024 to 2026
$590k
African American Women help seeking and intimate partner violenceR36MH116680 · NIMH · ADELPHI UNIVERSITY · PI WALLER, BERNADINE · 2019 to 2020
$71k
NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH133979NIMH NIH HHS L30 MH131137NIMH NIH HHS R36 MH116680
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Black women experience the highest mortality and morbidity resulting from intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization, yet there remains a dearth of culturally responsive interventions designed to meet their needs within the coordinated community response system. We employed the Theory of Help-Seeking Behavior to explicate the barriers that Black women experience when securing assistance from providers within the IPV service provision system, inclusive of the criminal legal, child protective service, shelter, healthcare, and mental healthcare systems. In-depth individual interviews were conducted with 30 people who self-identified as Black women who were help-seeking within the IPV service provision system at the time of data collection. Data was analyzed via the matrix system and organized based on pathway-specific domains. Findings explicate substantive gaps within the existing system of care. Fundamental to improving Black women's IPV-related outcomes is improving the system to ensure it is designed to fully support them. Importantly, this is the first study to examine Black survivors' experiences throughout the continuum of the IPV service provision system.

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Black or African AmericanCrime VictimsHelp-Seeking BehaviorIntimate Partner ViolencePatient Acceptance of Health CareAdultFemaleHumansMiddle AgedWhiteYoung Adultcultural contextsdomestic violencehelp seeking/reporting/disclosureintimate partner violence/abuserace/ethnicity

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PMID40071839
PMCPMC12354221

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