Citation

Gillum TL. Violence Against Women 2008; 14(8): 917-943.

Affiliation

University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801208321982

PMID

18667406

Abstract

In light of evidence and theorization of culturally specific factors contributing to intimate partner violence (IPV) within African American relationships and the Eurocentric approach many mainstream agencies take to service delivery, researchers have indicated a need for culturally appropriate IPV interventions for African American survivors to adequately address the issue of IPV within this community. The purpose of the current study was to qualitatively investigate how helpful a culturally specific IPV program, which targets the African American community, has been to African American female survivors. Results suggest that this culturally specific agency is successfully meeting the needs of these survivors.

Language: en