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Negotiating Peril: The Lived Experience of Rural, Low Income Women Exposed to IPV during Pregnancy and Postpartum
Monday, November 17, 2014
: 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
Camille Burnett, PhD, MPA, APHN-BC, RN, BScN, DSW
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School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Juliane Milburn, PhD, RN
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School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Jennifer Kastello, WHNP, MSN, RN
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School of Nursing, George Mason University
Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN
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Department of Community and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD
Linda Bullock, PhD, RN, FAAN
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School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Phyllis Sharps, PhD, RN, FAAN
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Department of Community and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD
This qualitative study of 10 rural women examines their lived experience of intimate partner violence during pregnancy through postpartum year two. In-depth interviews were conducted during pregnancy and at 3, 6, 12 and 24 months postpartum. A Heideggerian approach to analysis revealed “negotiating peril” as the overarching theme in their experiences. Sub-themes included unstable environment; purposive calibration; primacy of motherhood; and numb acceptance. The results elucidate the ambivalence with which these women view institutions that are designed to help them. Findings highlight factors explaining why interventions designed to help women living with abuse often are not effective in facilitating complete termination of the abuse.
Learning Areas:
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Administration, management, leadership
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Learning Objectives:
Describe the overarching themes and subthemes found in this study and discuss how they relate to structural obstacles for providing care to pregnant women and mothers who are experiencing Intimate Partner Violence.
Keyword(s): Violence & Injury Prevention, Behavioral Research
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a health care provider and violence researcher who has worked on four separate qualitative projects. Currently I am conducting state funded research on pregnant teens and a federally funded project involving women who are experiencing perinatal intimate partner violence.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines,
and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed
in my presentation.
