Seeking help for domestic violence : exploring rural women's coping experiences : final report / prepared by Sarah Wendt ...[et al.].

Sydney : Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety Limited [ANROWS], 2017.

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Victims of family violence -- Australia.

Victims of family violence -- Services for -- Australia.

Family violence -- Australia -- Prevention.

Women -- Violence against -- Australia.

Rural women -- Australia.

Rural women -- Australia -- Social conditions.

"Seeking help for domestic and family violence: exploring regional, rural, and remote women's coping experiences presents the results of a qualitative study examining the experiences of women seeking help for domestic and family violence who live in regional, rural, and remote areas in Australia. The study contributes to the limited evidence on how geographical and social isolation shapes women's coping with, and decisions to seek assistance for, domestic and family violence, and their efforts to live safely. Little is known about how social and geographical isolation shape women's coping abilities and domestic violence service provision. This study engaged with five different types of social and geographical locations at sites in South Australia and Western Australia to explore how isolation affects different women's abilities to seek assistance and cope with experiences of domestic violence. The project used a qualitative research design to gain insights into women's help-seeking behaviour and coping mechanisms. It also examined how workforce, resources, and contextual factors affect service provision in rural and remote regions." -- Website.

Title taken from title caption of the PDF document (viewed on September 20, 2017).

Domestic violence resources.

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