Understanding Intimate Partner Violence in Jordan: Application of the Ecological Model.
Perspect Psychiatr Care
; 53(3): 156-163, 2017 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-26952669
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To compare and contrast the Heise "ecological model of gender-based violence" with factors related to "intimate partner violence" (IPV) in Jordan.METHODS:
Findings of empirical studies examining IPV against Jordanian women were analyzed using the Heise ecological model (1998).CONCLUSION:
Factors identified in the literature were generally consistent with the ecological model. However, the literature on IPV in Jordan rarely examined the role of community-level factors in the exosystem and sociopolitical factors in the macrosystem. Consequently, little is known about how these exosystem and macrosystem factors affect IPV in Jordan. The Heise model was then adapted to reflect identified factors in the Jordanian cultural context. PRACTICAL IMPLICATION More research aimed at uncovering barriers to identification and treatment of IPV targeting the exosystem and macrosystem is needed.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Intimate Partner Violence
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Perspect Psychiatr Care
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article
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