title: Interpersonal violence against people with disabilities: understanding the problem from a rural context.
abstract: Interpersonal violence against people with disabilities is a significant social problem. Little attention has focused on the rural context and the relevance for understanding violence. Given the dearth of literature exploring interpersonal violence, disability, and rurality, a review of rural-focused literature on domestic violence, sexual violence, and elder abuse was conducted to identify themes that could provide insight into this problem for people with disabilities. Themes include geographic isolation, traditional cultural values and norms, lack of anonymity, lack of resources, and poor response of systems. Implications for understanding interpersonal violence against rural people with disabilities and for social work practice are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work, Minnesota State University at Mankato, Mankato, Minnesota 56001, USA. nancy.fitzsimons@mnsu.edu
authors.forename: Nancy M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Fitzsimons
authors.forename: Annelies K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Hagemeister
authors.forename: Elizabeth J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Braun
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003469:Culture; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D017579:Domestic Violence; D004552:Elder Abuse; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009014:Morals; D011287:Prejudice; D011902:Rape; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D012938:Social Perception; D012947:Social Work; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*