TY - JOUR
T1 - Barriers to services for rural and urban survivors of rape
AU - Logan, T. K.
AU - Evans, Lucy
AU - Stevenson, Erin
AU - Jordan, Carol E.
PY - 2005/5
Y1 - 2005/5
N2 - A significant proportion of survivors of rape do not utilize formal services to cope with the aftermath of rape. Understanding victimization experiences in environments that differ on resources, such as rural versus urban areas, may be an important dimension to consider in understanding barriers. Thirty women (18 rural and 12 urban) were recruited from rape crisis centers to participate in focus groups. Study results suggest that (a) survivors of rape experience many barriers to service utilization, (b) there were some differences in barriers to service utilization that were mentioned only in rural areas and some that were mentioned only in urban areas that may suggest that community context is important to consider in understanding barriers to service use, and (c) barriers to health and mental health services overlap with barriers to criminal justice system services.
AB - A significant proportion of survivors of rape do not utilize formal services to cope with the aftermath of rape. Understanding victimization experiences in environments that differ on resources, such as rural versus urban areas, may be an important dimension to consider in understanding barriers. Thirty women (18 rural and 12 urban) were recruited from rape crisis centers to participate in focus groups. Study results suggest that (a) survivors of rape experience many barriers to service utilization, (b) there were some differences in barriers to service utilization that were mentioned only in rural areas and some that were mentioned only in urban areas that may suggest that community context is important to consider in understanding barriers to service use, and (c) barriers to health and mental health services overlap with barriers to criminal justice system services.
KW - Barriers
KW - Rape survivors
KW - Rural
KW - Women
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U2 - 10.1177/0886260504272899
DO - 10.1177/0886260504272899
M3 - Article
C2 - 15788556
AN - SCOPUS:17444376778
SN - 0886-2605
VL - 20
SP - 591
EP - 616
JO - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
JF - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
IS - 5
ER -