Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Aging Women: Promoting Community Knowledge

描述（由申请人提供）：农村老龄妇女的亲密伴侣暴力：促进社区知识亲密伴侣暴力（IPV），包括身体，性或心理虐待，是一个主要的公共卫生问题。现有的国家年龄汇总数据表明，相当数量的中年和老年妇女经历IPV。随着婴儿潮一代的老龄化，IPV在老年妇女中的发病率和患病率预计将显著增加。弗吉尼亚理工大学老年学中心和新河流域妇女资源中心之间的这种合作伙伴关系的目的是提高服务专业人员对老龄妇女IPV的了解，因为他们参与制定干预战略模式的过程，以满足社区妇女的需求。合作努力的具体目标包括：确定现有的NIH支持以及其他可用的实证研究和项目描述，以解决老年女性的IPV问题（例如，个人结果，社区干预）;预测研究地区IPV受害者老龄妇女的未来患病率;获得社区领导人的观点（例如，（a）向服务专业人员、医疗保健提供者、执法人员、神职人员提供关于老年妇女IPV的信息，并从妇女本身获得信息;以及制定一个干预模式，以满足生活在农村社区的IPV老年受害者的需求。为实现这些目标，该项目依靠社区参与性研究做法，解决希望在晚年过上安全或无暴力生活的农村老龄妇女面临的问题，并依靠社区支持，帮助她们安全和成功地重建生活。数据收集策略包括审查的科学文献和社区计划，旨在解决老年妇女谁的经验IPV，焦点小组与专业服务提供者的需求，和采访的妇女谁经历了IPV在中年和晚年。数据将用于制定一个战略规划模型，作为框架，据此构建预防和干预方案，以满足寻求帮助结束暴力关系的农村老年妇女的需求。这个合作项目的结果可能会提高公众对联邦政府资助的与老年妇女IPV相关的生物医学和行为研究的理解。具体而言，项目产品（即，白色文件/研究简报）将分发给决策者、执法机构、社区服务机构和信仰组织，以加深他们对经历IPV的农村老年妇女面临的问题和挑战的理解。亲密伴侣暴力，包括身体、性或心理虐待，是一个重大的公共卫生问题。弗吉尼亚理工大学老年学中心和新河流域妇女资源中心之间的这种合作伙伴关系将提高服务专业人员对老龄妇女IPV的了解，因为他们参与制定干预战略模式的过程，以满足社区妇女的需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Aging Women: Promoting Community Knowledge Intimate partner violence (IPV), which includes physical, sexual, or psychological abuse, is a major public health concern. National age-aggregated data available suggest that a significant number of mid-life and older women experience IPV. With the aging of the baby boom generation, the incidence and prevalence of IPV in aging women is expected to increase significantly. The purpose of this collaborative partnership between the Center for Gerontology at Virginia Tech and the Women's Resource Center of the New River Valley is to enhance service professionals' knowledge of IPV of aging women as they engage in a process for developing a strategic model of intervention to address the needs of women in their community. The specific aims of the collaborative effort include: identifying existing NIH supported and other available empirical research and program descriptions addressing issues of IPV in aging women (e.g., individual outcomes, community interventions); projecting the future prevalence of aging women who are victims of IPV in the study area; obtaining the perspectives of community leaders (e.g., service professionals, healthcare providers, law enforcement, clergy) about IPV of aging women as well acquiring input from the women themselves; and developing a intervention model to address the needs aging victims of IPV living in rural communities. To achieve these aims, the project relies on community-based participatory research practices to address issues facing rural aging women who wish to lead safe or violence-free lives in their later years and the community support to help them safely and successfully rebuild their lives. Data collection strategies include a review of the scientific literature and community programs designed to address the needs of aging women who experience IPV, focus groups with professional service providers, and interviews with women who experienced IPV in mid and late life. Data will be used to develop a strategic planning model that will serve as the framework from which to construct prevention and intervention programs to accommodate the needs of rural aging older women seeking assistance to end violent relationships. The results of this collaborative project are likely to improve public understanding of federally funded biomedical and behavioral research related to IPV of aging women. Specifically, the project products (i.e., white papers/research briefs) will be distributed to policymakers, law enforcement agencies, community services, and faith-based organizations to further their understanding of the issues and challenges facing rural older rural women who experience IPV. Intimate partner violence, which includes physical, sexual, or psychological abuse, is a major public health concern. This collaborative partnership between the Center for Gerontology at Virginia Tech and the Women's Resource Center of the New River Valley will enhance service professionals' knowledge of IPV of aging women as they engage in a process for developing a strategic model of intervention to address the needs of women in their community.