Methodological issues in the study of violence against women
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Title: | Methodological issues in the study of violence against women |
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Authors: | Ruiz Pérez, Isabel | Plazaola Castaño, Juncal | Vives-Cases, Carmen |
Research Group/s: | Salud Pública |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia | Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública |
Keywords: | Violence against women | Intimate partner violence |
Knowledge Area: | Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública |
Date Created: | 2007 |
Issue Date: | Dec-2007 |
Publisher: | BMJ Publishing Group |
Citation: | RUIZ PÉREZ, Isabel; PLAZAOLA CASTAÑO, Juncal; VIVES CASES, Carmen. "Methodological issues in the study of violence against women". Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Vol. 61, Supplement 2 (Dec. 2007). ISSN 0143-005X, pp. ii26-ii31 |
Abstract: | The objective of this paper is to review the methodological issues that arise when studying violence against women as a public health problem, focusing on intimate partner violence (IPV), since this is the form of violence that has the greatest consequences at a social and political level. The paper focuses first on the problems of defining what is meant by IPV. Secondly, the paper describes the difficulties in assessing the magnitude of the problem. Obtaining reliable data on this type of violence is a complex task, because of the methodological issues derived from the very nature of the phenomenon, such as the private, intimate context in which this violence often takes place, which means the problem cannot be directly observed. Finally, the paper examines the limitations and bias in research on violence, including the lack of consensus with regard to measuring events that may or may not represent a risk factor for violence against women or the methodological problem related to the type of sampling used in both aetiological and prevalence studies. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/4287 |
ISSN: | 0143-005X |
DOI: | 10.1136/jech.2007.059907 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. http://jech.bmj.com/ |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.2007.059907 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - SP - Artículos de Revistas INV - Investigación en Género - Artículos de Revistas Institucional - IUIEG - Publicaciones INV - EQUIDIVERSIDAD - Artículos de Revistas |
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