Impacts of Culture on Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence Among Fijian Indian Women in the United States.

IF 1 4区 医学 Q3 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Shayal S Prasad, Julie T Bidwell, Jann L Murray-García
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Abstract

Introduction: South Asian women are at a higher risk for experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) in the United States. Fijian Indian (FI) women are part of the diverse South Asian diaspora; however, there are no published data on their experience with IPV. This phenomenological study (a) examined if FI culture influences how women define, experience, and seek help for IPV and (b) identified impacts these themes have on FI women's IPV-related help-seeking, behaviors in regard to U.S. health systems and law enforcement.

Methods: Ten FI women in California, 18 years and older, who either were born in Fiji or had parents born in Fiji, were recruited through convenience and snowball sampling. Semistructured interviews took place either face-to-face or via Zoom. Transcribed interview data underwent reflective thematic analysis by two members of the research team.

Results: Normalizing and silencing of IPV events are bolstered by cultural practices of (a) familism/collectivism that ask women to prioritize family intactness over their own emotional and physical safety, (b) traditional patriarchal gender roles, (c) threats of shame and judgment within the community, and (d) the gendered hierarchy tenets of some forms of Hinduism. FI women are more inclined to seek help for IPV from within versus outside the family, with healthcare providers and law enforcement described as women's last choices for assistance.

Conclusions: Although a small and regionalized immigrant community, this study of FI women reflects the importance of health and human service providers' understanding of the histories and cultural nuances of the local immigrant populations they serve.

文化对在美国的斐济印第安妇女对亲密伴侣暴力认知的影响。
在美国,南亚妇女遭受亲密伴侣暴力(IPV)的风险较高。斐济印裔妇女是南亚侨民的一部分;然而,没有关于他们IPV经验的公开数据。本现象学研究(a)考察了FI文化是否影响女性对IPV的定义、体验和寻求帮助的方式;(b)确定了这些主题对FI女性在美国卫生系统和执法方面的IPV相关求助行为的影响。方法:采用便利抽样和滚雪球抽样的方法,招募10名18岁及以上在斐济出生或父母在斐济出生的加州FI女性。半结构化访谈可以面对面进行,也可以通过Zoom进行。研究小组的两名成员对记录下来的访谈数据进行了反思性专题分析。结果:IPV事件的正常化和沉默受到以下文化习俗的支持:(a)家庭主义/集体主义要求女性优先考虑家庭完整性而不是自己的情感和身体安全,(b)传统的父权性别角色,(c)社区内羞耻和评判的威胁,以及(d)某些形式的印度教的性别等级原则。FI妇女更倾向于从家庭内部而不是外部寻求IPV的帮助,医疗保健提供者和执法人员被描述为妇女最后的援助选择。结论:虽然这是一个小而区域化的移民社区,但这项对FI妇女的研究反映了健康和人类服务提供者对他们所服务的当地移民人口的历史和文化差异的理解的重要性。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Forensic Nursing (JFN) the official journal of the International Association of Forensic Nurses, is a groundbreaking publication that addresses health care issues that transcend health and legal systems by articulating nursing’s response to violence. The journal features empirical studies, review and theoretical articles, methodological and concept papers, and case reports that address the provision of care to victims and perpetrators of violence, trauma, and abuse. Topics include interpersonal violence (sexual assault, abuse, intimate partner violence); death investigation; legal and ethical issues; forensic mental health nursing; correctional nursing; and emergency and trauma nursing.
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