TY - JOUR
T1 - Culturally anchoring an intervention for gender-based violence
AU - Killion, Cheryl M.
AU - Sloand, Elizabeth
AU - Gary, Faye A.
AU - Glass, Nancy
AU - Dennis, Betty P.
AU - Cesar Muller, Nicole
AU - Hassan, Mona
AU - Callwood, Gloria B.
AU - Campbell, Doris W.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Caribbean Exploratory (NIMHD) Research Center, University of the Virgin Islands, funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH) [grant number #P20MD002286].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Institute of Health Promotion and Education.
PY - 2018/3/4
Y1 - 2018/3/4
N2 - Haitians continue to rebuild following the devastating earthquake in 2010, as many also strive to recover and heal from associated horrific events. Immediately following the earthquake, domestic and international agencies reported dramatic increases in violence against women and girls in this small Caribbean nation that shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. In this article, we highlight one segment of a situational analysis used as groundwork for developing an intervention to address gender-based violence (GBV). We sought to rapidly identify existing and needed resources and services for internally displaced women and girls in Haiti and to facilitate an immediate and sustainable response. During an eight-day period, we convened focus groups in Port au Prince. Displaced women and older girls, directors of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), health care providers and administrators, and community youth leaders participated in the focus groups. Findings from these focus groups illuminate the multiple influences of GBV on displaced women and girls. Gaps, strengths, and limitations of existing resources, capacities, systems, and services for internally displaced Haitian women and girls were identified. In addition, factors that could potentially support or hinder effective implementation of preventive and response interventions were revealed. Our findings provided a foundation and structure for developing a culturally specific educational and safety plan which was used in Haiti following the earthquake and continues to have relevance for use, today.
AB - Haitians continue to rebuild following the devastating earthquake in 2010, as many also strive to recover and heal from associated horrific events. Immediately following the earthquake, domestic and international agencies reported dramatic increases in violence against women and girls in this small Caribbean nation that shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. In this article, we highlight one segment of a situational analysis used as groundwork for developing an intervention to address gender-based violence (GBV). We sought to rapidly identify existing and needed resources and services for internally displaced women and girls in Haiti and to facilitate an immediate and sustainable response. During an eight-day period, we convened focus groups in Port au Prince. Displaced women and older girls, directors of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), health care providers and administrators, and community youth leaders participated in the focus groups. Findings from these focus groups illuminate the multiple influences of GBV on displaced women and girls. Gaps, strengths, and limitations of existing resources, capacities, systems, and services for internally displaced Haitian women and girls were identified. In addition, factors that could potentially support or hinder effective implementation of preventive and response interventions were revealed. Our findings provided a foundation and structure for developing a culturally specific educational and safety plan which was used in Haiti following the earthquake and continues to have relevance for use, today.
KW - Gender-based violence
KW - Haiti
KW - focus groups
KW - natural disasters
KW - situational analysis
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U2 - 10.1080/14635240.2017.1415766
DO - 10.1080/14635240.2017.1415766
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85038626462
SN - 1463-5240
VL - 56
SP - 85
EP - 94
JO - International Journal of Health Promotion and Education
JF - International Journal of Health Promotion and Education
IS - 2
ER -