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Perinatal Economic Abuse: Experiences, Impacts, and Needed Resources
Sarah E Scott1,2, Callie Laubacher3, Judy Chang4
1Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Journal of Women'S Health (2002)
|July 22, 2024
Summary
Economic abuse during the perinatal period involves financial control and exploitation. Supporting survivors requires cash assistance, education, and workplace policies.
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Public Health
- Criminology
Background:
- Economic abuse, a form of intimate partner violence (IPV), involves controlling a survivor's finances to exert power.
- Perinatal individuals may face heightened vulnerability to economic abuse due to financial and employment shifts during pregnancy and early parenthood.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the manifestations of economic abuse among pregnant and parenting survivors.
- To identify effective support strategies for perinatal survivors of economic abuse.
Main Methods:
- Virtual semistructured interviews were conducted with 20 survivors and 18 advocates.
- A deductive-inductive thematic analysis approach was employed to analyze transcribed interview data.
- Participants were recruited via online registries, national IPV organizations, and local domestic violence agencies.
Main Results:
- Survivors reported financial control, exploitation, and employment sabotage by partners.
- Abusers utilized legal, child welfare, healthcare systems, and cultural norms to inflict financial harm.
- Marginalized survivors face unique challenges with economic abuse, as highlighted by advocates.
Conclusions:
- Economic abuse significantly impacts perinatal survivors and their children.
- Future interventions should prioritize unrestricted cash transfers, economic abuse education, and supportive policies.
- Creating supportive employment and healthcare policies is crucial for aiding survivors.
Keywords:
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