Strategies Used by Rural Women to Stop, Avoid, or Escape from Intimate Partner Violence

Authors

Thelma Riddell, University of Western OntarioFollow
Marilyn Ford-Gilboe, University of Western OntarioFollow
Beverly Leipert, University of Western OntarioFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2009

Journal

Health Care for Women International

Volume

30

Issue

1

First Page

134

Last Page

159

Abstract

In this mixed methods study we examined the strategies rural women use to deal with intimate partner violence (IPV). The Intimate Partner Violence Strategies Index (IPVSI) was used to analyze results from a sample of 43 rural women who had left abusive partners.

Qualitative interviews then were conducted with a different sample of nine rural women to explore their perspectives about the findings and their impressions of the influence of rural culture and context on women's experiences of IPV. Findings exposed the degree to which social control acts as a key determinant of health for rural women exposed to IPV.

Notes

Published in: Health Care for Women International, Volume 30, Issue 1 & 2, January 2009 , pages 134 - 159. DOI: 10.1080/07399330802523774