Dv Domestic Violence

Domestic violence (DV) can occur in many forms such as, physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, intimidation and harassment and is an act of violence between people living in the same domestic situation (Harris, Nagy & Vardaxis, 2014). Domestic violence is a major public health problem with one in every three women world wide having experienced DV in their lifetime (World Health Organisation,2017). This essay will summaries and critique two articles on DV with the first article examining women’s thoughts on the primary healthcare centers addressing DV, and the second article examining barriers and enablers for women in the uptake of counselling sessions for DV. It will also critically discuss one of the key findings, that is the primary
The title of this article identifies the participants (women) and the central phenomenon (DV), but it does not state that the study only investigates women from one country, that is Lebanese women, as results may not be applicable to other cultures. For example, the title could read “Involving the health care system in domestic violence: What Lebanese women want.”
Abstract: The abstract is representative of the article as it provides the purpose of the study, methods used, results and conclusions in a concise format. However, within the abstract the authors contradict themselves when providing information on the selection process of participants, compared to the main body of the study. The abstract states that “at each center, 12 women who were screened (regardless of the result) were recruited to participate.” (Usta et al., 2012, Abstract section, para 2). But the method section states from the 133 women who consented 72 were randomly selected to participate, not 12 participants from each
Therefore, the reason for conducting this study has been explained.
Research question: The research question is not clearly stated within the article, nor does it provide a hypothesis for the study. However, due to the nature of the study it is not relevant to have the research question stated.
Theoretical framework: There is no theoretical framework used in this article and it does not require one because the study is uses a phenomenological approach. The purpose of the study is to develop a theory so existing frameworks are not applicable (Coughlan, Cronin, & Ryan, 2013).
Literature review: A review of qualitative literature should identify what is already known about the phenomenon of interest, and gaps in literature should be identified (Coughlan, Cronin, & Ryan, 2013). The literature review is relevant, as it provides information on similar studies. The authors discussed the gap in the literature which supports the need for their study. However, many of the articles were more than 10 years older than the study, which could question the validity of the literature