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022 _a2204-9630 (online)
040 _aAFVC
100 _aWendt, Sarah
_92310
245 _aSeeking help for domestic and family violence: Exploring regional, rural and remote women’s coping experiences :
_bkey findings and future directions
_cSarah Wendt, Donna Chung, Alison Elder, Antonia Hendrick and Angela Hartwig
260 _aSydney, NSW ::
_bANROWS,
_c2017
300 _aelectronic document (14 pages); PDF file: 1.1 MB
500 _aANROWS Compass, Issue 6, September 2017
520 _aThis summary report presents the results of a qualitative study examining the experiences of women seeking help for domestic and family violence who live in regional, rural, and remote areas in Australia. The study contributes to the limited evidence on how geographical and social isolation shapes women’s coping with, and decisions to seek assistance for, domestic and family violence, and their efforts to live safely. Key findings: Most women explained they were not negatively affected by geographical isolation; that is, they did not see physical distance as a barrier to accessing services. Geographical isolation was only a factor for women who lived on isolated properties outside the regional centre. Geographical isolation was a key issue for managers and practitioners, as it significantly shaped specialist domestic and family violence agency responses and work contexts. There is little or no help for men who use violence in regional, rural, and remote places outside a police or court response. All sites reported that, because crisis response and risk management dominated the work, “the hub” often lacked the staff, time, and resources to do outreach work, making it much harder to provide services and support to smaller townships and properties across large geographical distances. (From the website). See also the final Horizons report (#5590) and the previously published literature review, Landscapes report (#4805). Access the website for more background information on this project. Record #5591
650 0 _9307
_aINDIGENOUS PEOPLES
650 _9252
_aFAMILY VIOLENCE
650 4 _aSEXUAL VIOLENCE
_9531
650 5 _aABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES
_974
650 _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE
_9203
650 0 _aHELP SEEKING
_95453
650 0 _aINFORMAL SUPPORTERS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS
_96720
650 _aINTERVENTION
_9326
650 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
_9431
650 _aJUSTICE
_9333
650 5 _aPERPETRATORS
_92644
650 5 _aPOLICE
_9444
650 5 _aRURAL AREAS
_9508
650 4 _aSUPPORT SERVICES
_9591
650 4 _aVICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
_9624
650 5 _aWOMEN'S REFUGES
_9650
651 4 _aAUSTRALIA
_92597
700 _9931
_aChung, Donna
700 _aElder, Alison
_95150
700 _aHendrick, Antonia
_94228
700 _aHartwig, Angela
_97023
773 0 3 _tANROWS Compass, Issue 6, September 2017
830 _aANROWS Compass
_94867
856 _uhttps://www.anrows.org.au/publication/seeking-help-for-domestic-and-family-violence-exploring-regional-rural-and-remote-womens-coping-experiences-key-findings/
856 _uhttps://www.anrows.org.au/project/seeking-help-for-domestic-violence-exploring-rural-womens-coping-experiences/
_yProject webpage
942 _2ddc
_cREPORT