"The Little Money I Get Is Used to Buy Drugs": A Qualitative Exploration of the Economic Cost of Intimate Partner Violence for Female Survivors in Ghana.

IF 2.3 3区社会学 Q1 WOMENS STUDIES

Violence Against Women Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2023-06-26 DOI:10.1177/10778012231182408

Gervin Ane Apatinga, Eric Y Tenkorang

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Abstract

Empirical research confirms the economic costs of intimate partner violence (IPV) for women. Yet, scholarship on this topic is lacking in Ghana, where IPV against women is commonplace. We used in-depth interviews with 15 female survivors of IPV in the Eastern Region to examine the economic costs of IPV for women. Findings showed that the economic costs were both direct and indirect. Direct costs included out-of-pocket payments for medical and nonmedical services, while indirect costs included diminished work abilities, increased absenteeism from work, and lowered work productivity. Ghanaian policymakers must enforce and strengthen policies to prevent violence against women.

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"我得到的一点钱都用来买毒品了"：对加纳女性亲密伴侣暴力幸存者经济成本的定性探索》（A Qualitative Exploration of the Economic Cost of Intimate Partner Violence for Female Survivors in Ghana）。

经验性研究证实了亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）给妇女造成的经济损失。然而，在加纳，针对妇女的 IPV 却屡见不鲜，缺乏这方面的学术研究。我们对东部地区 15 名女性亲密伴侣暴力幸存者进行了深入访谈，以研究亲密伴侣暴力给妇女造成的经济损失。调查结果显示，经济成本既包括直接成本，也包括间接成本。直接成本包括自付的医疗和非医疗服务费用，而间接成本则包括工作能力下降、缺勤率增加和工作效率降低。加纳的决策者必须执行和加强防止暴力侵害妇女的政策。

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Violence Against Women WOMENS STUDIES-

CiteScore

4.10

自引率

4.50%

发文量

142

期刊介绍： Violence against Women is an international, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the publication of research and information on all aspects of the problem of violence against women. The journal assumes a broad definition of violence; topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, domestic violence, sexual assault, incest, sexual harassment, female infantcide, female circumcision, and female sexual slavery.