Help-seeking in women living with HIV who have experienced IPV
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Exploring help-seeking in women living with HIV who have experienced intimate partner violence.
IRAS ID
312578
Contact name
Lea Beretti
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Royal Holloway, University of London
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 30 days
Research summary
Research has found that if you are a woman living with HIV you are more likely to experience intimate partner violence compared to other women (Campbell et al., 2008). It is also known that stigma and lack of specialist services are a barrier for accessing the right support for these women. Most studies have been done in other countries such as Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, India and the US, with very different cultural contexts and services available to these women. There is currently no research to help us understand how best support women in the UK who have experience both, HIV and IPV. Furthermore, barriers towards help-seeking has been highlighted. For example, 58% of women living with HIV have reported having experienced some form of abuse, with only one in five women accessing the sources of support they needed (Terrence Higgins Trust, 2018).
This project aims to interview six to ten women to understand their experiences of accessing care and support. Interviews will be analysed using IPA, which allows researchers to understand personal experiences at the same time as deriving common themes. We hope to be able to provide guidelines on services needed for these women, ways to improve access to services, and better understanding about their lived experiences.
REC name
London - Stanmore Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
22/LO/0416
Date of REC Opinion
10 Aug 2022
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion