Journal article
African Immigrant Women's Perspectives on Network Support and Intimate Partner Violence: A Community-Based Study
Journal of family violence, v 38(5), pp 803-813
01 Jul 2023
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Abstract
Purpose Intimate partner violence (IPV) tends to increase for African immigrant women upon arrival in the United States because of adjustment and acculturation stress, non-citizen status, language barriers, economic insecurity, and lack of social support. The aim of this study was to speak directly with African immigrant women living in the same U.S. urban community and ask them about their perceptions of IPV. Authors posit that by learning more about IPV perceptions from African immigrant women, we can contribute to the literature on African immigrant women's experiences and, using transnational intersectionality theory, we can identify how social service providers may use these perceptions to create more inclusive and effective services for African immigrant women experiencing IPV.
Method Community-based participatory focus groups and interpretive phenomenology were used to understand the perceptions of IPV from 22 women (10 Ethiopian immigrant women and 12 immigrant women from various French speaking countries in Africa). Cultural brokers helped with the development of research questions, recruitment materials, interview process, and the review of interview transcripts.
Results Women reported concerns and barriers precipitated by intersections of culture and patriarchy, judgment from others, and fear of losing financial support. Findings also show that perceptions of IPV and decision-making to seek help were influenced by factors associated with their countries of origin as well as their host country, the United States.
Conclusions It is important for clinicians to understand the ways in which culture, ethnicity, and transnational perspectives intersect with responses to IPV and use this to inform and support services for these populations. Implications are provided.
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Details
- Title
- African Immigrant Women's Perspectives on Network Support and Intimate Partner Violence: A Community-Based Study
- Creators
- Bertranna A. Muruthi - University of OregonReid E. Thompson Canas - Oregon Department of EducationLindsey Romero - University of OregonKrista Chronister - Oregon Department of EducationYijun Cheng - Oregon Department of EducationAbiola Taiwo - University of OregonBernice S. Krakani - Oregon Department of EducationAakanksha Lahoti - Oregon Department of Education
- Publication Details
- Journal of family violence, v 38(5), pp 803-813
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 11
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000833456900001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85162607838
- Other Identifier
- 991021894657904721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Family Studies
- Psychology, Clinical