Abstract

Learning from women’s experiences: improving our understanding of the physical, psychological and emotional health impacts of domestic violence and abuse (DVA), help-seeking trajectories and outcomes

Highlights

  • We recruited a purposive sample of 40 women across the UK who have experienced domestic violence and abuse (DVA)

  • Women were recruited via DVA support agencies, patients at GP practices which operate the IRIS model for the identification and referral of women to DVA support agencies, a website set up for our study, twitter and FaceBook

  • We hope that the range of topics addressed in the DVA module will strengthen the likelihood that primary health care and other commissioners will commission IRIS and other DVA resources

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It is estimated that 1 in 4 women experience Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) during their lifetime and may approach multiple agencies before they get help. On average women try to leave abusive relationships 7 or 8 times, but may encounter repercussions from their partner and difficulty in disclosing their situation to family members, friends, health care or other professionals. This can lead to extreme social isolation. We aimed to develop a web-based resource which gives real-life accounts of women's experiences of DVA and their outcomes This may help to increase the options for women in an abusive relationship, suggest ways to improve their self-care, where to seek help and how to make plans to leave. Keywords Domestic Violence, Domestic Abuse, Women's Narratives, Women's Help-seeking, Women's Health, Qualitative study, Website study

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