From Respite to Transition: Women's Use of Domestic Violence Shelters in Rural New Mexico

Krishnan, Satya P.; Hilbert, Judith C.; McNeil, Keith; Newman, Isadore

doi:10.1023/b:jofv.0000028076.72706.4f

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“…Domestic violence shelters generally provide an array of services, including counseling, support groups, education about domestic violence, and referrals to other social support services (Gordon, 1996;Melbin, Sullivan, & Cain, 2003). Women who have experienced IPV access shelter services in order to leave an abusive relationship, gain information about domestic violence, or simply take a temporary break from an abusive relationship (Krishnan, Hilbert, McNeil, & Newman, 2004). Thus, domestic violence shelters are a crucial entry point for support services to women experiencing IPV.…”

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HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Prevention Programming in Domestic Violence Shelters: How Are We Doing?

Rountree

Goldbach

Bent‐Goodley

et al. 2011

WHIV

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Domestic violence shelters (n ¼ 59) in two southwestern states were surveyed about their services related to HIV prevention. Variables included organizational characteristics, agency protocols and practices, HIV=AIDS prevention programming, staffs' HIV=AIDS knowledge, and staffs' attitudes regarding HIV=AIDS prevention for women exposed to intimate partner violence. In this exploratory, descriptive study results indicated that most shelters had a significant awareness of how HIV=AIDS is transmitted, but few shelters offered testing (17%) or sexual safety planning (20%). Results also showed that eighty-one percent of respondents believe that HIV=AIDS educational prevention programs could be effective in protecting abused women from contracting HIV=AIDS. However, less than half (46%) of the respondents reported that they disseminate HIV=AIDS information to all women in the shelter.

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Section: Role Of Shelters As Prevention Agentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Prevention Programming in Domestic Violence Shelters: How Are We Doing?

Rountree

Goldbach

Bent‐Goodley

et al. 2011

WHIV

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“…From the beginning, shelters were a key component of community-based services (Krishnan, Hilbert, McNeil, & Newman, 2004), and they have remained so, offering a place of refuge, an opportunity for women to think about their options, and an environment for women to obtain the services they need in order to move forward with their lives when they are ready to do so (Bennett, Riger, Schewe, Howard, & Wasco, 2004).…”

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Characteristics of Women Who Do and Do Not Receive Onsite Shelter Services From Domestic Violence Programs

Grossman

Lundy

2011

Violence Against Women

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Shelter services are an essential means of providing help to women who are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV), but not all victims receive shelter. This article reports the results of a secondary analysis of statewide data from women using IPV services, comparing victims who did and did not obtain shelter. The demographic characteristics, abuse experiences, and service patterns of these survivors are examined. A model predicting characteristics associated with the likelihood of shelter receipt indicates that women who obtain shelter are more vulnerable and obtain more services than women who do not obtain shelter. The implications of these results are discussed.

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“…28 Predictors of women likely to leave an abusive relationship include young age, history of leaving the relationship, having a protection order, an abuse-related health visit, 29 higher education, 30 and higher use of community resources. 31 Abused women report going back to the abuser due to abuser's harassment, feelings of guilt, attachment to abuser, and encouragement by relatives. 32 In addition, women who are more forgiving to their abuser are more likely to report intention to return to them.…”

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Risk of Behaviors Associated with Lethal Violence and Functional Outcomes for Abused Women Who Do and Do Not Return to the Abuser Following a Community-Based Intervention

McFarlane

Nava²,

Gilroy³

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Journal of Women's Health

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Background: To determine the differential risk of behaviors associated with lethal violence and functioning outcomes for abused women with children who received an intervention of shelter or justice services and return to the abuser were compared with women who did not return. Methods: The study was carried out using a matched-pair analysis of 152 women. Measures of risk of behaviors associated with lethal violence, type, and severity of abuse, and poor mental health symptoms were measured every 4 months for 24 months. Results: Irrespective of service used, women returning to the abuser reported significantly ( p < 0.001) more risk of behaviors associated with lethal violence compared to women who did not return. Additionally, severity of physical abuse was significantly higher ( p < 0.01) for women returning to the abuser who had been in a shelter but not for women who received a protection order. Similarly, levels of depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and anxiety were significantly higher ( p < 0.01) for sheltered women who returned to the abuser but not for women using a protection order who returned. Conclusions: Risk of behaviors associated with lethal violence increases when abused women return to live with the abuser. Abused women should be informed of the heightened risk and greater probability for poor mental health.

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From Respite to Transition: Women's Use of Domestic Violence Shelters in Rural New Mexico

Cited by 36 publications

References 23 publications

HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Prevention Programming in Domestic Violence Shelters: How Are We Doing?

HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Prevention Programming in Domestic Violence Shelters: How Are We Doing?

Characteristics of Women Who Do and Do Not Receive Onsite Shelter Services From Domestic Violence Programs

Risk of Behaviors Associated with Lethal Violence and Functional Outcomes for Abused Women Who Do and Do Not Return to the Abuser Following a Community-Based Intervention

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