Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Aging Women: Promoting Community Knowledge

描述(申请人提供)：农村老年妇女中的亲密伴侣暴力：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。现有的全国年龄汇总数据表明，相当数量的中年和老年妇女经历了IPV。随着婴儿潮一代的老龄化，预计老年妇女的IPV发病率和患病率将大幅上升。弗吉尼亚理工大学老年学中心和新河谷妇女资源中心之间的这一合作伙伴关系的目的是加强服务专业人员对老年妇女的IPV的了解，因为他们参与了一个制定干预战略模式的过程，以满足其社区妇女的需求。协作工作的具体目标包括：确定NIH支持的和其他现有的针对老年妇女IPV问题的实证研究和方案描述(例如，个人结果、社区干预)；预测研究地区受IPV影响的老年妇女未来的流行率；获得社区领导人(例如，服务专业人员、医疗保健提供者、执法部门、神职人员)对老年妇女IPV的看法以及从妇女本身获得投入；以及开发干预模式，以满足农村社区老年IPV受害者的需求。为了实现这些目标，该项目依靠以社区为基础的参与性研究做法来解决农村老年妇女面临的问题，这些妇女希望在晚年过上安全或无暴力的生活，并依靠社区的支持来帮助她们安全和成功地重建生活。数据收集策略包括回顾科学文献和社区计划，旨在解决经历过IPV的老年妇女的需求，与专业服务提供商的焦点小组，以及对经历过IPV的中老年妇女的采访。数据将被用来开发一个战略规划模型，作为构建预防和干预方案的框架，以满足寻求帮助结束暴力关系的农村老年妇女的需求。这一合作项目的结果可能会提高公众对联邦资助的与老年妇女IPV相关的生物医学和行为研究的理解。具体而言，项目产品(即白皮书/研究简报)将分发给政策制定者、执法机构、社区服务和宗教组织，以加深他们对经历IPV的农村老年农村妇女面临的问题和挑战的了解。亲密伴侣暴力，包括身体、性或心理虐待，是一个主要的公共卫生问题。弗吉尼亚理工大学老年学中心和新河谷妇女资源中心之间的这一合作伙伴关系将加强服务专业人员对老年妇女的IPV的了解，因为他们参与了一个制定干预战略模式的过程，以满足其社区妇女的需求。

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.