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Vulnerable groups of women
Published in Alison Edwards, Antenatal Midwifery Skills, 2020
Look out for:Sufferers of domestic violence.Substance misusers.Teenagers.Older mothers.Obese women.Asylum seekers/refugees.Women who don't speak English as their first language.Women with some form of disability.Women in prison.Homeless women.Sex trafficking.Women with a mental health condition.BME groups.
Stretching the self
Published in Patricia A. Murphy, A Career and Life Planning Guide for Women Survivors:, 2020
As we have discovered, post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and/or negative worker traits can develop as a result of traumatic abuse. There are now many resources for abuse survivors ranging from private psychotherapy to free or low-cost support groups offered by domestic violence shelter agencies (within the shelter and outside of the shelter in community outreach programs) and rape crisis centers. Self-help groups are also available for childhood abuse survivors such as Victims Anonymous. If substance abuse was identified as one of your most significant negative worker traits, 12-Step Programs are available in every city, at all times of the day and night, and can address your substance abuse, the substance abuse of your partner and/or your parents, co-dependency issues, and overeating problems. Books such as Ginny NiCarthy’s Getting Free for domestic violence survivors, and the Bass and Davis classic The Courage to Heal for childhood abuse survivors, are now easily obtained in your local women’s bookstore.
The person
Published in Suzanne Everett, Handbook of Contraception and Sexual Health, 2020
Domestic violence can be physical, emotional, psychological, financial, sexual and coercive. Domestic violence is not gender specific. It can happen over a long period of time or be a one-off episode.
Domestic Violence: Views of Married Men and Factors Affecting Violence
Published in Journal of Community Health Nursing, 2023
To achieve reduction rates, prevention strategies of domestic violence of men and boys must be included. Prevention efforts should focus on thorough education related to domestic violence and its implications, gender equity social attitude norms, behavior changes starting from childhood and continuing through school life as well as public awareness programs with legal policies and social and health services. Nurses, who have frequent contact with individuals, families, and society, should be aware of the fact that in the fight against violence against women, men should be involved, and that men should be positively assisted in changing attitudes and behaviors, rather than women. Nurses should identify the existence of violence and work against domestic violence to women by including men.
Mixed studies review of domestic violence in the lives of women affected by HIV stigma
Published in AIDS Care, 2023
Reshmi Mukerji, David Osrin, Jenevieve Mannell
For women living with HIV (WLHIV), the experience of stigma is intertwined with gender discrimination and is often violent (Logie et al., 2011). The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that almost 30% of women have experienced intimate partner physical or sexual violence in their lifetime (WHO, 2017). The link between HIV and domestic violence against women is bi-directional: domestic violence increases the risk of acquiring HIV and HIV increases the risk of domestic violence (Maman et al., 2000). The WHO defines domestic violence as physical, sexual, or psychological abuse committed by an intimate partner (Kalokhe et al., 2015; WHO, 2005) or other members of a woman’s shared household (Kalokhe et al., 2015). While HIV stigma may manifest in domestic violence against women, the stigma of domestic violence may prevent them from reporting or seeking help.
Factors Associated With Self-Burning Among Women in Reproductive Age of Ilam: A Case-Control Study in a Western Part of Iran
Published in Archives of Suicide Research, 2022
Mohsen Mohammadi, Saharnaz Nedjat, Maryam Dargahpour, Ahmad Mehri, Reza Majdzadeh
A questionnaire with several parts was used to collect data regarding the literature review for all factors associated with suicide and self-burning. Socioeconomic status was measured by a questionnaire about the facilities of personal life and home. The obtained scores divided into three parts, which were classified as low, moderate, and high, respectively. This questionnaire was validated and reliable in the Iran population (Nejat, Montazeri, Holakouie Naieni, Mohammad, & Majdzadeh, 2006). A valid questionnaire was used to measure mental health status. This tool is a short scale of 5 self-reported questions and measures mental health levels over the 2 past weeks on a 6-point Likert scale from 0 (never) to 5 (always). Scores were divided into three categories: low, moderate, and high. The reliability and validity of this questionnaire were confirmed in Iran (Khosravi et al., 2015). A domestic violence questionnaire was also used to measure different physical, psychological, and sexual aspects of domestic violence. People’s scores were divided into three categories: low, moderate, and high level (Azadarmaki, Kassani, Menati, Hassanzadeh, & Menati, 2016).