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040			_aAFVC
100			_aSheeran, Nicola _98538
245			_aCommunicating reproductive coercion in the context of domestic and family violence : _bperspectives of service providers supporting migrant and refugee women _cNicola Sheeran, Laura Tarzia and Heather Douglas
260			_bSpringer, _c2022
500			_aJournal of Family Violence, 2022, First published online, 12 January 2022
520			_aThe current study explored the language barriers to help-seeking in the context of reproductive coercion and abuse (RCA), domestic and family violence (DFV), and sexual violence (SV), drawing on observations by key informants supporting women from migrant and refugee communities. A lack of shared language has been identified as a key barrier to help seeking for migrant and refugee women experiencing DFV more broadly, though how language intersects with help seeking in the context of RCA is yet to be investigated. We conducted 6 focus groups with 38 lawyers, counsellors, and social workers supporting women experiencing DFV in Brisbane and Melbourne, Australia. Our findings address two main areas. First, consistent with past research in DFV, our participants identified language as a barrier for women when communicating about sexual and reproductive issues in the context of health and police encounters. More specifically, our findings suggest that the inability of health professionals and police to communicate with women who have low or no English proficiency not only negatively impacted victims/survivors’ ability to access support, but also facilitated the perpetration of RCA. We conclude that language can be a mechanism through which coercive control is enacted by perpetrators of RCA and health and policing systems may not be equipped to recognise and address this issue. We also suggest that greater conceptual clarity of RCA is needed within the DFV sector in order to tailor responses. (Authors' abstract). Record #7453
650			_aCOERCIVE CONTROL _95771
650			_aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650			_aFAMILY VIOLENCE _9252
650			_aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _9431
650			_aMIGRANTS _9385
650			_aREFUGEES _9492
650			_aREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH _93274
651			_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
651		4	_aAUSTRALIA _92597
700			_aTarzia, Laura _95233
700			_aDouglas, Heather _94154
773	0		_tJournal of Family Violence, 2022, First published online, 12 January 2022
830			_aJournal of Family Violence _94619
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-022-00357-x _zDOI: 10.1007/s10896-022-00357-x (Open access)
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE