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[Qualitative research into women who are victims of male violence]
F Muñoz-Cobos1, M L Burgos-Varo, A Carrasco-Rodríguez
1Centro de Salud El Palo, Málaga, España. francisca@supercable.es
Objective:
To analyse, from the point of view of the women, the experience of women who are victims of male violence and attended at primary care centres.
Design:
Interpretative, qualitative research. Phenomenological perspective.
Setting:
Multi-centre study in urban health centres.
Participants:
Women victims of male violence (physical, psychological, or sexual) seen at health centres. Intention and theoretical sampling to saturation point. Segmentation criteria: age (young/middle-aged/elderly); current or past ill-treatment; detection in casualty/consultations.
Main Measurements:
Biographical accounts and content analysis of recordings' literal transcription. Coding through the NUD-IST programme. Use for interpreting Well-Founded Theory.
Limitations:
Complexity of the phenomenon under study. Projection of researcher's perspective. Huge amount of data. Strategies are proposed for increasing credibility, conformity and transferability. PRACTICAL USE: To improve understanding of the situation of women who are victims of domestic violence, from a non-directive perspective that enables the quality of interventions to be improved.
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