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Help seeking: perceived risk for African American women. |
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Affilia Journal of Women and Social Work, 27(1), February 2012, pp.95-106. |
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0886-1099 |
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0886-1099 |
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A qualitative study explored the subjective experience of African American women seeking help following a nonsexual criminal victimisation. Seven participants who had been victims of a nonsexual crime by an unknown offender within the previous 3 to 6 months were recruited through advertising in a community in northwestern Indiana. Information was gathered through semi-structured interviews with victims and with sources of support in the victim's informal network and/or service providers from formal institutions that the women interacted with during the help seeking episode. The article describes the study and its findings, with examples from the interviews. Analysis of the participants' responses identified perceived risks in seeking help as a major theme and the article discusses 3 aspects of this theme: the fear of being vulnerable, the fear of not being responded to by perceived help providers, and choosing caring of oneself over care for others (often putting the needs of others before their own). The author concludes that the findings revealed that the chosen help seeking pathway was influenced by each woman's appraisal of the perceived benefits and costs of seeking assistance, and discusses the implications for social work practice. |
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African people; black and minority ethnic people; coping behaviour; crime victims; needs; resilience; risk; self-help; social care provision; social networks; vulnerable adults; women; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=683423f1-aa2d-4d4b-a120-6506bb8d40c6 |
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