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Browsing Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology by Subject "Abused women -- Services for -- South Africa"

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    Health care for intimate partner violence : current standard of care and development of protocol management
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2009-12) Joyner, Kate; Mash, Bob; Van der Waal, Kees; University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The World Health Organisation recognises intimate partner violence (IPV) to be of major consequence to women’s mental and physical health, yet in South Africa it remains a neglected area of care. Within a professional action research framework, this study implemented a previously recommended South African protocol for the screening and holistic management of IPV in women in order to test its feasibility and to adapt it for use in the primary health care (PHC) sector of the Western Cape. It also aimed to identify the current nature of care offered to female survivors of IPV. Thirdly, it aimed to learn from the process of training and supporting (nurse) researchers who were new to the action research paradigm and methodology. Successfully implementing and evaluating a complex health intervention in the current PHC scenario required a flexible methodology which could enable real engagement with, and a creative response to, the issues as they emerged. Guided by the British Medical Research Council’s framework for development and evaluation of randomised controlled trials for complex health interventions (Medical Research Council, 2000, p.3), this study was positioned within the modelling phase. Professional action research used a co-operative inquiry group process as the overarching method with the usual cycles of action, observation, reflection and planning. Altogether five co-researchers were involved in implementing the protocol and were members of the inquiry group. A number of techniques were used to observe and reflect on experience, including participant interviews, key informant interviews, focus groups with health care providers at each site, quantitative data from the medical records and protocol, field notes and academic literature.
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    “I’ve learnt to not have those kinds of outbursts”: exploring the perspectives of men on a violence intervention programme
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2023-12) Kemp, Nadia; Fakier, Khayaat; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa has the highest reported rate of intimate partner femicide with 62% of intimate partner femicide attributed to intimate partner violence. Studies have shown that offering services and assistance solely to victims of violence will not aid in the cessation of violence against women. There is an identifiable need for programmes aimed at men that address violence towards women. The development of such programmes in South Africa is severely lacking and as such there is a need for research addressing this topic. This study employed a qualitative research design using semi structured interviews with men who are currently enrolled in intervention programmes addressing violence. Subsequent to the interview questions were sent to participants to respond via social media platforms in an attempt to counter potential response bias. The main findings of this study concur with existing studies that found that a variety of factors influence the way in which men respond and experience these programmes. Amongst these are willingness to change, self-narratives, the nature of intervention programmes and how participants enter into these programmes. The study concludes with the recommendation that particular attention should be paid to the factors that affect the way in which men experience and respond to these programmes especially in the development and redesign of future interventions to ensure positive responses from participants and efficiency of the programmes in obtaining their objectives. A ‘one-size fits all’ approach to interventions should be rejected in favour of intervention programmes that consider the broader socio-cultural factors that leave men more likely to perpetrate violence against women.