Intimate Partner Violence in the Sub-Saharan African Immigrant Community in Chicago: A Changing Landscape
The challenges of conducting research on intimate partner violence (IPV) in immigrant communities means little is known about the occurrence of various forms of IPV, making it difficult to address in these populations. This research draws on data gathered in Chicago’s large and varied African immigr...
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| description | The challenges of conducting research on intimate partner violence (IPV) in immigrant communities means little is known about the occurrence of various forms of IPV, making it difficult to address in these populations. This research draws on data gathered in Chicago’s large and varied African immigrant communities. This research used a mixed methods approach: collection of quantitative survey data on occurrence, followed by qualitative interviews to explain the results. Missing quantitative data and contradicting qualitative responses made it difficult to draw definite conclusions on physical IPV; however, verbal abuse and controlling behaviours appear to be relatively widespread and normalised, and not always viewed as violence. Particularly with the probability of future pandemics and natural disasters, which are known to increase prevalence, it is important to raise awareness of less visible controlling behaviours and verbal abuse as forms of violence, and to implement appropriate prevention programs to minimise a concomitant rise in IPV within African immigrant communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b788316e9b5d4fa6acd639eb36f6c0c02023-11-23T16:10:00ZengMDPI AGEpidemiologia2673-39862022-07-013333735210.3390/epidemiologia3030026Intimate Partner Violence in the Sub-Saharan African Immigrant Community in Chicago: A Changing LandscapeKathryn Wenham0Bernadette Sebar1Patricia Lee2Neil Harris3Gabrielle Campbell4Public Health, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD 4556, AustraliaPublic Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Southport, QLD 4222, AustraliaPublic Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Southport, QLD 4222, AustraliaPublic Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Southport, QLD 4222, AustraliaPublic Health, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD 4556, AustraliaThe challenges of conducting research on intimate partner violence (IPV) in immigrant communities means little is known about the occurrence of various forms of IPV, making it difficult to address in these populations. This research draws on data gathered in Chicago’s large and varied African immigrant communities. This research used a mixed methods approach: collection of quantitative survey data on occurrence, followed by qualitative interviews to explain the results. Missing quantitative data and contradicting qualitative responses made it difficult to draw definite conclusions on physical IPV; however, verbal abuse and controlling behaviours appear to be relatively widespread and normalised, and not always viewed as violence. Particularly with the probability of future pandemics and natural disasters, which are known to increase prevalence, it is important to raise awareness of less visible controlling behaviours and verbal abuse as forms of violence, and to implement appropriate prevention programs to minimise a concomitant rise in IPV within African immigrant communities.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-3986/3/3/26intimate partner violenceviolence against womenAfrican immigrants |
| spellingShingle | Kathryn Wenham Bernadette Sebar Patricia Lee Neil Harris Gabrielle Campbell Intimate Partner Violence in the Sub-Saharan African Immigrant Community in Chicago: A Changing Landscape Epidemiologia intimate partner violence violence against women African immigrants |
| title | Intimate Partner Violence in the Sub-Saharan African Immigrant Community in Chicago: A Changing Landscape |
| title_full | Intimate Partner Violence in the Sub-Saharan African Immigrant Community in Chicago: A Changing Landscape |
| title_fullStr | Intimate Partner Violence in the Sub-Saharan African Immigrant Community in Chicago: A Changing Landscape |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intimate Partner Violence in the Sub-Saharan African Immigrant Community in Chicago: A Changing Landscape |
| title_short | Intimate Partner Violence in the Sub-Saharan African Immigrant Community in Chicago: A Changing Landscape |
| title_sort | intimate partner violence in the sub saharan african immigrant community in chicago a changing landscape |
| topic | intimate partner violence violence against women African immigrants |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-3986/3/3/26 |
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