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Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Agency Directors’ Perspectives on Services That Help Survivors

2010; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 16; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/1077801210383085

1552-8448

Rebecca J. Macy, Mary Giattina, Natalie Johns Montijo, Dania M. Ermentrout,

Elder Abuse and Neglect

Community-based domestic violence and sexual assault service providers need sound knowledge regarding services that work well to improve the lives of survivors. This exploratory, qualitative research aimed to help provide such knowledge by investigating domestic violence and sexual assault agency executive directors’ ( n = 14) opinions regarding what services are most helpful for survivors. In-depth interviews with directors provided findings about (a) critical services for survivors; (b) essential service delivery practices; (c) ideal services that are challenging to deliver because of funding and other barriers; and (d) areas of service delivery practice uncertainty due to a lack of best practices.