Conditions and Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence among Taiwanese Women
Purpose: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health issue among women. IPV victims usually seek help from hospitals, and emergency nurses are the frontline staff with whom the victims come into contact first. This study examined the conditions and patterns of IPV in southern Taiwan....
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| author | Fang-Hsin Lee, PhD, RN Yung-Mei Yang, PhD, RN Hsiu-Hung Wang, PhD, RN, FAAN Joh-Jong Huang, MD, MS Shu-Chen Chang, PhD, RN |
| author_facet | Fang-Hsin Lee, PhD, RN Yung-Mei Yang, PhD, RN Hsiu-Hung Wang, PhD, RN, FAAN Joh-Jong Huang, MD, MS Shu-Chen Chang, PhD, RN |
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| description | Purpose: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health issue among women. IPV victims usually seek help from hospitals, and emergency nurses are the frontline staff with whom the victims come into contact first. This study examined the conditions and patterns of IPV in southern Taiwan.
Methods: From designated hospitals in Kaohsiung under the Department of Health Injury Assessment Clinic, data were collected on 497 women regarding their injury assessment for IPV reported to the Kaohsiung City Government.
Results: Taiwanese survivors were older compared to immigrant survivors. Taiwanese survivors also had higher education levels compared to immigrant survivors. Taiwanese survivors had higher employment rate than immigrant survivors did. The time between IPV and medical help seeking was longer for divorced than married women.
Conclusions: These results can facilitate understanding of the conditions and patterns of IPV in Taiwan, increase the awareness of nurses, especially the emergency nurses for the prevention of IPV, and increase professional competency for the provision of appropriate healthcare services to survivors of IPV. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-29c1984ce3554b2ea987c758348d28702022-12-22T01:51:47ZengElsevierAsian Nursing Research1976-13172015-06-0192919510.1016/j.anr.2015.05.004Conditions and Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence among Taiwanese WomenFang-Hsin Lee, PhD, RN0Yung-Mei Yang, PhD, RN1Hsiu-Hung Wang, PhD, RN, FAAN2Joh-Jong Huang, MD, MS3Shu-Chen Chang, PhD, RN4Department of Nursing, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, TaiwanCollege of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, TaiwanCollege of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Nursing, Dayeh University, Changhua, TaiwanPurpose: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health issue among women. IPV victims usually seek help from hospitals, and emergency nurses are the frontline staff with whom the victims come into contact first. This study examined the conditions and patterns of IPV in southern Taiwan. Methods: From designated hospitals in Kaohsiung under the Department of Health Injury Assessment Clinic, data were collected on 497 women regarding their injury assessment for IPV reported to the Kaohsiung City Government. Results: Taiwanese survivors were older compared to immigrant survivors. Taiwanese survivors also had higher education levels compared to immigrant survivors. Taiwanese survivors had higher employment rate than immigrant survivors did. The time between IPV and medical help seeking was longer for divorced than married women. Conclusions: These results can facilitate understanding of the conditions and patterns of IPV in Taiwan, increase the awareness of nurses, especially the emergency nurses for the prevention of IPV, and increase professional competency for the provision of appropriate healthcare services to survivors of IPV.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1976131715000389battered womenTaiwanviolence |
| spellingShingle | Fang-Hsin Lee, PhD, RN Yung-Mei Yang, PhD, RN Hsiu-Hung Wang, PhD, RN, FAAN Joh-Jong Huang, MD, MS Shu-Chen Chang, PhD, RN Conditions and Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence among Taiwanese Women Asian Nursing Research battered women Taiwan violence |
| title | Conditions and Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence among Taiwanese Women |
| title_full | Conditions and Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence among Taiwanese Women |
| title_fullStr | Conditions and Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence among Taiwanese Women |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conditions and Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence among Taiwanese Women |
| title_short | Conditions and Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence among Taiwanese Women |
| title_sort | conditions and patterns of intimate partner violence among taiwanese women |
| topic | battered women Taiwan violence |
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