TITLE:
Intimate Partner Violence and Other Associated Problems: Sectoral Cooperation to Optimize the Safety of Women and Children
AUTHORS:
Katja Smedslund, Marie-Michelle Poulin, Geneviève Lessard, Monica Dunn, Myriam Dubé
KEYWORDS:
Intimate Partner Violence, Co-Occurrence with Mental Health, Addiction, or Child Maltreatment, Sectoral Cooperation, Safety Issues for Victims of Violence
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.10 No.5,
May
10,
2022
ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to evaluate the
implementation of sectoral cooperation strategy involving different
organizations concerned by intimate partner violence and other co-occurring
problems in the province of Quebec (Canada). The sectoral cooperation meetings
(N = 63) were held from February 2018 to June 2019 and 250 evaluation
questionnaires were filled out by the practitioners. The data collection tool
was composed of open-ended questions (qualitative section) along with Likert
scales and multiple-choice questions (quantitative section). The results showed
that a large majority of the practitioners considered that cooperation helped
to improve the safety of the women and their children and to optimize their
practice. Likewise, all of the practitioners considered that sectoral
cooperation represented a winning strategy worthy of further development.
Findings highlight the importance to support practitioners in complex clinical
situations when IPV co-occurred alongside mental health problems, addiction
problems, or child maltreatment, and this, in order to ensure the safety of
intimate partner violence victims and their children.