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Intimate Partner Violence, Cultural Belief Systems, and Help-Seeking among African American and Jamaican Women in the United States
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Powell Sears, Karen – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2021
In the present study, I examined the cultural beliefs and norms that are associated with the help-seeking decisions of abused Black Jamaican and African American women in the United States. I conducted in-depth interviews with 21 women residing in the northeastern and southeastern United States. Thematic analyses revealed that among both groups of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Americans, Blacks, Help Seeking