Health After Surviving Intimate Partner Violence:  A Qualitative Analysis of Women, Adolescents, and Staff

Ragavan, Maya

Saturday, March 21, 2015: 9:50 AM-11:10 AM

Congressional Hall A (Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel)

Speaker:
Maya Ragavan, MD, MPH, Stanford Hospital/Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

Presentation Format:
Scientific Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Understand women and teen survivors’ perspectives on the health effects of IPV, barriers to accessing healthcare, and relevant and beneficial health-related programming.
Learn about a health-improvement initiative we are implementing at a transitional housing program in northern California serving survivors of IPV, based on the study results.

Description:
We examined survivors’ perspectives on how intimate partner violence (IPV) affects health, what access families have to medical and psychological providers, and what heath education and services programming would be most beneficial to survivors. We found that there are multiple mental, financial, and sexual health conditions affecting women, adolescent, and children survivors of IPV, which can add to the struggles families face moving forward. Participants reported enormous resilience and requested health-education programming as well as referrals to community health centers.