Health Providers’ Narratives on Intimate Partner Violence Against Roma Women in Spain
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Title: | Health Providers’ Narratives on Intimate Partner Violence Against Roma Women in Spain |
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Authors: | Briones Vozmediano, Erica | La Parra-Casado, Daniel | Vives-Cases, Carmen |
Research Group/s: | Salud Pública | Observatorio Europeo de Tendencias Sociales (OBETS) | Investigación en Género (IG) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Sociología II | Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Investigación de Estudios de Género | Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Interuniversitario de Desarrollo Social y Paz |
Keywords: | Roma | Racism | Intimate Partner Violence | Qualitative research | Professional-patient relations | Ethnic groups |
Knowledge Area: | Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública | Sociología |
Issue Date: | 1-Mar-2018 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Citation: | American Journal of Community Psychology. 2018. doi:10.1002/ajcp.12235 |
Abstract: | This qualitative study identifies health professionals’ dominant, adaptive, and liberating narratives regarding inter-ethnic relations when talking about intimate partner violence (IPV) and the health system responses to the way it affects Roma women. Dominant narratives are oppressive internalized stories that shape social perceptions of members of both dominant and minority groups, adaptive narratives refer to those that acknowledge asymmetry and inequality, and liberating narratives directly challenge oppression with resistant views of stereotypes and negative interpretations. A total of 25 in-depth interviews were carried out with healthcare professionals in Spain in 2015. A discourse analysis of the interview transcriptions was conducted, showing the way in which different narratives about Roma people and IPV are combined among health providers. Dominant narratives were more salient: they were used by health providers to reflect prejudicial social perceptions in Spain that depict the Roma as a marginalized and traditional group, to construct Roma women in negative and prejudicial terms as patients, and to explain the existence of the cultural normalization of IPV among Roma women. Adaptive and liberating narratives showed a prevailing ideology in terms of the tendency to socially discriminate against Roma people. Using liberating narratives to train and raise awareness among health professionals about IPV among Roma women could facilitate a positive change in their treatment of Roma women who could be affected by IPV, helping to ameliorate the maintenance of existing prejudices. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/73990 |
ISSN: | 0091-0562 (Print) | 1573-2770 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1002/ajcp.12235 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © Society for Community Research and Action 2018 |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12235 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - SP - Artículos de Revistas INV - OBETS - Artículos de Revistas INV - Investigación en Género - Artículos de Revistas Institucional - IUIEG - Publicaciones INV - EQUIDIVERSIDAD - Artículos de Revistas |
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