دورية أكاديمية
Exposing the culture of silence: Inhibiting factors in the prevention, treatment, and mitigation of sexual abuse in the Eastern Caribbean.
العنوان: | Exposing the culture of silence: Inhibiting factors in the prevention, treatment, and mitigation of sexual abuse in the Eastern Caribbean. |
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المؤلفون: | Jeremiah RD; Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, United States. Electronic address: rjerem@uic.edu., Quinn CR; College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, United States., Alexis JM; Division of Gender and Family Affairs, Ministry of Social Development and Housing, Grenada. |
المصدر: | Child abuse & neglect [Child Abuse Negl] 2017 Apr; Vol. 66, pp. 53-63. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Feb 24. |
نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
اللغة: | English |
بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Elsevier Science Inc Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 7801702 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1873-7757 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01452134 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Child Abuse Negl Subsets: MEDLINE |
أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: Oxford : Elsevier Science Inc Original Publication: Oxford, Elmsford, N. Y., Pergamon Press. |
مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Child Abuse*/psychology , Child Abuse*/statistics & numerical data , Cultural Characteristics*, Domestic Violence/*prevention & control, Adolescent ; Adult ; Caribbean Region ; Child ; Child Abuse, Sexual/statistics & numerical data ; Female ; Humans ; Life Change Events ; Male |
مستخلص: | This article features a study that explored the presence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), including childhood sexual abuse and neglect, among women associated with Partnership for Peace (PfP), the first and only culturally adapted domestic violence diversion program for men in the Eastern Caribbean. Within a multiyear evaluative study that assessed the impact of the PfP intervention in reducing domestic violence in Grenada in the West Indies, life-history interviews were collected from a subsample of women (N=9) associated with men enrolled in the PfP program between 2009 and 2011. We found that the exposure to sexual abuse and neglect during childhood was evident in the histories of the women. Most perpetrators were trusted family or community members who suffered from a common set of behavioral patterns, most prominently alcohol use. Our findings reflect an evidence-based connection, as one causative factor, of a culture of silence that is related to child sexual abuse and its management. The apparent lasting effects of these traumatic childhood exposures reflect cycles of abuse in the life histories collected during the domestic violence evaluation study. Our study identified three key structural deficiencies (insufficient research, ineffective policy, and lack of public-health interventions) and one embedded cultural norm (the culture of silence) that together "inhibit current attempts to address ACEs as a means of curbing domestic violence in the Caribbean." (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.) |
فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Adverse childhood experiences; Caribbean women; Domestic violence; Grenada; Partnership for Peace |
تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20170301 Date Completed: 20180731 Latest Revision: 20181202 |
رمز التحديث: | 20240628 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.01.029 |
PMID: | 28242101 |
قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
تدمد: | 1873-7757 |
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DOI: | 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.01.029 |