title: From the voices of women: facilitating survivor access to IPV services.
abstract: This mixed-method study investigated perceptions women domestic violence survivors/victims have about why women do not seek help from formal support structures and actions domestic helping agencies can take to facilitate survivor access to services. Congruent with previous research, quantitative analysis identified 17 reasons women do not seek help from formal support structures. Expanding current knowledge, concept mapping revealed six ways family violence programs can better reach women in abusive relationships, including (1) remove barriers to services, (2) improve comfort with services, (3) "talk about it," (4) improve community awareness, (5) victim-targeted marketing, and (6) "I honestly don't know."
authors: University of Tennessee, College of Social Work, Memphis, TN 38163, USA. cathysimmons@utk.edu
authors: Catherine A
authors: CA
authors: Simmons
authors: Melissa
authors: M
authors: Farrar
authors: Kitty
authors: K
authors: Frazer
authors: Mary Jane
authors: MJ
authors: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001364:Awareness; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology; D003142:Communication; D019548:Crime Victims; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010465:Perception; D013179:Spouse Abuse; D014481:United States; D014932:Women's Health Services; D055815:Young Adult