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Benefits of a Culturally Specific Intimate Partner Violence Intervention for African American Survivors

NCJ Number
224097
Journal
Violence Against Women Volume: 14 Issue: 8 Dated: August 2008 Pages: 917-943
Author(s)
Tameka L. Gillum
Date Published
August 2008
Length
27 pages
Annotation
This work sought to determine the benefit of culturally-specific domestic violence intervention for African-American women.
Abstract
The results of this work suggest that the culturally specific agency examined was successfully meeting the needs of intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors. The purpose of the current study was to qualitatively investigate how helpful a culturally specific IPV program, which targets the African-American community, had been to African-American IPV female survivors. The work found that researchers have previously indicated a need for culturally appropriate IPV interventions for African-American survivors to adequately address the issue of IPV within this community. It was posited that evidence and theorization of culturally specific factors contributing to intimate partner violence within African-American relationships was impacted by a Eurocentric approach many mainstream agencies take to service delivery. The work used a qualitative methodology which derived information from semistructured interviews conducted at a culturally specific domestic violence agency in a mid-sized midwestern city. A total of 14 individuals were interviewed ranging in age from 25 to 55 years of age, a sample size which provided a limitation to use outside the group. Tables, references