Women With Disabilities’ Experience With Physical and Sexual Abuse

Plummer, Sara-Beth; Findley, Patricia A.

doi:10.1177/1524838011426014

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“…Social support can promote early and continued utilisation of services; however disabled women may lack strong support networks, particularly in the context of domestic abuse [55]. Fostering positive relationships within the community is therefore essential and improving access to maternity care cannot be achieved by addressing internal service barriers alone.…”

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Access and utilisation of maternity care for disabled women who experience domestic abuse: a systematic review

Breckenridge

Devaney

Kroll

et al. 2014

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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BackgroundAlthough disabled women are significantly more likely to experience domestic abuse during pregnancy than non-disabled women, very little is known about how maternity care access and utilisation is affected by the co-existence of disability and domestic abuse. This systematic review of the literature explored how domestic abuse impacts upon disabled women’s access to maternity services.MethodsEleven articles were identified through a search of six electronic databases and data were analysed to identify: the factors that facilitate or compromise access to care; the consequences of inadequate care for pregnant women’s health and wellbeing; and the effectiveness of existing strategies for improvement.ResultsFindings indicate that a mental health diagnosis, poor relationships with health professionals and environmental barriers can compromise women’s utilisation of maternity services. Domestic abuse can both compromise, and catalyse, access to services and social support is a positive factor when accessing care. Delayed and inadequate care has adverse effects on women’s physical and psychological health, however further research is required to fully explore the nature and extent of these consequences. Only one study identified strategies currently being used to improve access to services for disabled women experiencing abuse.ConclusionsBased upon the barriers and facilitators identified within the review, we suggest that future strategies for improvement should focus on: understanding women’s reasons for accessing care; fostering positive relationships; being women-centred; promoting environmental accessibility; and improving the strength of the evidence base.

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confidence: 99%

Access and utilisation of maternity care for disabled women who experience domestic abuse: a systematic review

Breckenridge

Devaney

Kroll

et al. 2014

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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“…Females are said to be more resilient and goal oriented or with high accomplishment levels than males. It accepts the null hypothesis that there is no significant difference between sexes to wellbeing and males tend to be happier than females because of the experiences that may experience or experiencing by the female PWDs such as gender biases (Nosek et al, 2003) and physical and sexual abuse among PWD women (Plummer & Findley, 2012) which will never or rarely experiencing by men PWDs. It contradicts the previous study wherein it was said that men are reported that possess positive emotions and women possess negative emotions because women are more emotionally expressive than men (Simon & Nath, 2004).…”

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confidence: 92%

“I’m perfectly imperfect”: Exploring the relationship between PERMA model of wellbeing with self-esteem among persons with disabilities

Nebrida¹,

Dullas²

2018

IJRSP

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Most of the studies that measure wellbeing using the PERMA Model were from the school context most commonly students and staffs. In the current study, the new model of wellbeing was applied to the Persons with Disabilities (PWD) and look for its relationship to self-esteem.PERMA Profiler was used in measuring wellbeing for the PWDs and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale for their self-esteem. For the result, the study found that PWDs have moderately high level of wellbeing despite of their conditions but low level in self-esteem. There is no difference found in overall wellbeing in terms of sexes but in the two pillars Positive Emotion and Accomplishment, they were significant. For the age relationship to overall wellbeing, there is no relationship found between age and overall wellbeing but weak positive relationship to one of its pillars, Accomplishment. Also to the other factors of the PERMA Profiler, Negative Emotion and Loneliness have found weak relationship with age. For the difference of self-esteem in terms of sexes, there is no difference found. There is also no relationship between age and self-esteem. For the relationship between overall wellbeing and self-esteem, there is no relationship found between the two and even the self-esteem to the different pillars of PERMA. But the other factors of PERMA Profiler like Negative Emotion (r=.202, p=.043) and Health (r=.339, p=.001) have found weak relationship. Implications indicate in the discussion part of the study.

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“…Women with disabilities also face unique risk factors for abuse, including physical and social isolation; difficulty identifying abuse; dependence on abusive partners for assistance with daily needs; and general vulnerability related to disability, such as physical difficulty escaping abusive environments (Plummer & Findley, 2012). Social messages regarding the asexuality and undesirability of women with disabilities as intimate partners denigrates self-esteem, which is associated with IPV .…”

Section: Background: Ipv Disability and Trauma-informed Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Trauma-Informed Social Work Practice with Women with Disabilities: Working with Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

Ballan

Freyer

2017

ASW

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Women With Disabilities’ Experience With Physical and Sexual Abuse

Cited by 185 publications

References 39 publications

Access and utilisation of maternity care for disabled women who experience domestic abuse: a systematic review

Access and utilisation of maternity care for disabled women who experience domestic abuse: a systematic review

“I’m perfectly imperfect”: Exploring the relationship between PERMA model of wellbeing with self-esteem among persons with disabilities

Trauma-Informed Social Work Practice with Women with Disabilities: Working with Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

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