TY - JOUR
T1 - Postpartum mothers' disclosure of abuse, role, and conflict
AU - Ulrich, Yvonne Campbell
AU - McKenna, Laura Smith
AU - King, Christine
AU - Campbell, Doris W.
AU - Ryan, Josephine
AU - Torres, Sara
AU - Lea, Patricia Price
AU - Medina, Mary
AU - Garza, Mary A.
AU - Johnson-Mallard, Versie
AU - Landenberger, Karen
AU - Campbell, Jacquelyn C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by NIH, Grant NINR R01 NR02571, Jacqueline C. Campbell, principal investigator. Method development was supported by training of the first author at a conference at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, June 1989, partially funded by a Gender Study grant through the College of Health Professions, Wichita State University, and followed by ongoing consultation from Annie Rogers, PhD, Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education, funded through the American Nurses Foundation, 1989.
PY - 2006/5/1
Y1 - 2006/5/1
N2 - Experts evaluating evidence of the occurrence and effects of abuse before, during, and after pregnancy have called for research on the context within which violence occurs. This study elicited postpartum mothers' perceptions of roles and conflict in their abusive intimate relationships. Thirty newly delivered African-, Anglo-, and Hispanic-American abused mothers consented to be interviewed. While ethnicity, cultural norms, and economic issues framed their descriptions, more than half (57%) described their relationships as not abusive even though they reported experiencing behaviors defined as abuse on standardized abuse screening instruments. Several women found ways to take care of themselves within the abusive relationship. The concerns that these diverse abused postpartum mothers expressed can serve as a foundation for the development of culturally sensitive interventions.
AB - Experts evaluating evidence of the occurrence and effects of abuse before, during, and after pregnancy have called for research on the context within which violence occurs. This study elicited postpartum mothers' perceptions of roles and conflict in their abusive intimate relationships. Thirty newly delivered African-, Anglo-, and Hispanic-American abused mothers consented to be interviewed. While ethnicity, cultural norms, and economic issues framed their descriptions, more than half (57%) described their relationships as not abusive even though they reported experiencing behaviors defined as abuse on standardized abuse screening instruments. Several women found ways to take care of themselves within the abusive relationship. The concerns that these diverse abused postpartum mothers expressed can serve as a foundation for the development of culturally sensitive interventions.
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U2 - 10.1080/07399330500511733
DO - 10.1080/07399330500511733
M3 - Article
C2 - 16595365
AN - SCOPUS:33645735798
SN - 0739-9332
VL - 27
SP - 324
EP - 343
JO - Issues in Health Care of Women
JF - Issues in Health Care of Women
IS - 4
ER -