What do women experiencing domestic violence expect from healthcare professionals? A qualitative study in Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

For healthcare professionals (HCPs) to provide optimal support for women experiencing domestic violence (DV), it is important to understand what type of support women expect from HCPs. The objective of this study was to explore what kind of support women who experienced DV in Sri Lanka expect from HCPs.

Design

A qualitative descriptive design was used.

Setting

This study was conducted in two gender-based violence centres (Mithuru Piyasa centres) and a toxicology unit, situated in hospitals in the Central Province of Sri Lanka.

Participants

Twenty women who had experienced DV and presented to health services were purposefully recruited using the maximum variation sampling technique, ensuring diversity of age and socio-economic variables. In-depth inte

SUBMITTER: Silva T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11647377 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature