What matters? how women decide whether to disclose IPV in antenatal care

Spangaro, Jo

Friday, March 20, 2015: 1:50 PM-3:10 PM

Room 15 (Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel)

Speaker:
Jo Spangaro, B.Soc.Stud, (Hons), PhD, University of New South Wales

Authors:
Jane Koziol-McLain, RN, PhD, Auckland University of Technology
Anthony B. Zwi, MD, MPH, PhD, University of New South Wales
Jennifer Ruane, B.Soc, M.Soc.Dev, University of New South Wales
Mary Anne Frail, Adv.Dip, F.Viol., University of New South Wales
Alison Rutherford, MD, MPH, PhD, University of New South Wales

Presentation Format:
Scientific Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Appreciate a model explaining the factors which contributed to Australian antenatal patients decisions to disclose past 12 month abuse to their health care provider.
Have a basic understanding of how qualitative configurational analysis operates as a method to develop or test explanatory models for outcomes.

Description:
This study tested a model of the process by which Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women decide whether to disclose past 12 months IPV to healthcare providers. Previously we found that direct asking, choice, trust and safety from - the offender, institutional control and shame – were key factors. This study with 31 disclosing and 19 non-disclosing antenatal patients, who had all experienced abuse, used qualitative configurational analysis to determine whether all elements are necessary for disclosure and establish relevant contextual factors.