TY - JOUR
T1 - "we Have to Build Trust"
T2 - Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment with Immigrant and Refugee Survivors
AU - Messing, Jill
AU - Wachter, Karin
AU - Abinader, Millan
AU - Ward-Lasher, Allison
AU - Njie-Carr, Veronica
AU - Sabri, Bushra
AU - Murray, Sarah
AU - Noor-Oshiro, Amelia
AU - Campbell, Jacquelyn
N1 - Funding Information:
This research project is supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health &Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01HD081179. Bushra Sabri was supported by NICHD Award Number 90078388.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 National Association of Social Workers.
PY - 2022/3/1
Y1 - 2022/3/1
N2 - Intimate partner violence (IPV) research highlights unique immigration-related risk factors, abusive tactics, and barriers to seeking help. With the aim of developing practice-informed guidance, data from nine focus groups (N = 57) were analyzed thematically to examine practitioners' experiences and approaches to risk assessment with survivors of IPV who are immigrants and refugees. Participants noted the importance of fostering relationships and trust in client disclosure and assessment of risk. Participants highlighted using a conversation-based approach; carefully chosen words; and open-ended, indirect, and probing questions to help clients feel at ease and generate information regarding risk. Additionally, practitioners emphasized the importance of conducting risk assessment and client education in concert with safety and service planning. However, safety and service planning must account for variations in context and language, as well as social pressures to keep families together. The adaptation of risk assessments to reflect immigrant experiences is a critical step forward. Nevertheless, listening to practitioners with expertise serving immigrant and refugee IPV survivors and developing additional guidance on how to use risk assessment tools and engage survivors are paramount to expanding relevant and responsive domestic violence services for diverse groups.
AB - Intimate partner violence (IPV) research highlights unique immigration-related risk factors, abusive tactics, and barriers to seeking help. With the aim of developing practice-informed guidance, data from nine focus groups (N = 57) were analyzed thematically to examine practitioners' experiences and approaches to risk assessment with survivors of IPV who are immigrants and refugees. Participants noted the importance of fostering relationships and trust in client disclosure and assessment of risk. Participants highlighted using a conversation-based approach; carefully chosen words; and open-ended, indirect, and probing questions to help clients feel at ease and generate information regarding risk. Additionally, practitioners emphasized the importance of conducting risk assessment and client education in concert with safety and service planning. However, safety and service planning must account for variations in context and language, as well as social pressures to keep families together. The adaptation of risk assessments to reflect immigrant experiences is a critical step forward. Nevertheless, listening to practitioners with expertise serving immigrant and refugee IPV survivors and developing additional guidance on how to use risk assessment tools and engage survivors are paramount to expanding relevant and responsive domestic violence services for diverse groups.
KW - Culturally responsive practice
KW - Intimate partner violence
KW - Risk assessment
KW - Risk-informed practice
KW - Safety planning
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U2 - 10.1093/swr/svab030
DO - 10.1093/swr/svab030
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85126453867
SN - 1070-5309
VL - 46
SP - 53
EP - 64
JO - Social Work Research
JF - Social Work Research
IS - 1
ER -