Citation

Hyman I, Forte T, Mont JD, Romans SE, Cohen MM. Health Care Women Int. 2006; 27(8): 682-694.

Affiliation

Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. i.hyman@utoronto.ca

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07399330600817618

PMID

16893805

Abstract

We examined rates of help seeking for intimate partner violence (IPV) among recent (0-9 years in Canada) and non-recent (10+ years in Canada) immigrant women. Data from a national, cross-sectional, telephone survey were used. Help-seeking variables included disclosure of IPV, reporting IPV to police, use of social services subsequent to IPV, and barriers to social service use. Recent immigrant women, compared with non-recent immigrant women, were significantly more likely to report IPV to police and less likely to use social services. Findings have important implications for prevention and detection of IPV in immigrant communities and in future research.

Language: en