“I don’t have an address”: Housing instability and domestic violence in help-seeking calls to a support service

Domestic violence and mental health: a cross-sectional survey of women seeking help from domestic violence support services

Background Domestic violence and abuse (DVA) are associated with increased risk of mental illness, but we know little about the mental health of female DVA survivors seeking support from domestic violence services. Objective Our goal was to characterise the demography and mental health of women who access specialist DVA services in the United Kingdom and to investigate associations between seve...

Challenges for a Local Service Agency to Address Domestic Violence –A Case Study From Rural Indonesia

Since the launch of a Zero Tolerance Policy in Indonesia, several policies to address domestic violence have been enacted. The obligation of local governments to establish service units for women survivors of domestic violence is one of them. Since domestic violence is a sensitive and complex issue in Indonesia it is important to understand how governmentally regulated services function in prac...

Domestic violence, housing instability, and homelessness: A review of housing policies and program practices for meeting the needs of survivors

ntimate Partner Violence and Housing Instability

ackground: The mental and physical health consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV) have been well established, yet little is known about the impact of violence on a woman’s ability to obtain and maintain housing. This cross-sectional study examines the relationship between recent IPV and housing instability among a representative sample of California women. It is expected that women who ...

Women's experiences of violence and seeking help.

Every day, women survive physical or sexual violence. Some survive as a result of services they receive in the aftermath of the abuse. The study presented here explored women's experiences of victimization and their use of and perceptions about the services they received. It is learned that what providers usually prioritize and what the women in this study used-namely emotional, psychological, ...