RT Article
T1 Challenges to Detecting and Addressing Intimate Partner Violence Among Roma Women in Spain: Perspectives of Primary Care Providers
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 36
IS 19/20
A1 Briones-Vozmediano, E.
A2 Castellanos-Torres, E.
A2 Goicolea, I.
A2 Vives-Cases, C.
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1770925902
AB The objective of this study is to identify challenges and facilitators for detecting and addressing cases of intimate partner violence (IPV) against Roma women, from the perspectives of health personnel and representatives of Roma organizations, and to compare both perspectives. A total of 28 semi-structured interviews were carried out between November 2014 and February 2015 in different Spanish cities. A thematic analysis was carried out, guided by Aday and Andersen’s model regarding barriers to access to health services. Both groups signaled the following as principal challenges: (a) consideration of IPV as a private problem among the Roma population, (b) little use of primary care providers for prevention, (c) distrust of Roma women toward primary care professionals as resources for seeking help, (d) the inexistence of Roma professionals in health services, (e) health professionals’ lack of cultural sensitivity related to Roma people, and (f) the focus of health protocols for action against IPV on filing a police report. Potential facilitating factors included Roma women’s trust in nurses, social workers, and pediatricians and ethnic heterogeneity. There is need to promote action to address the identified challenges through a health equity approach that includes greater training and awareness raising among health professionals about Roma culture and the specific needs of Roma women.
K1 Spain
K1 Qualitative Research
K1 Barriers
K1 Health System
K1 Health Professionals
K1 Roma population
K1 Violence
DO 10.1177/0886260519872299