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Development of a culture sensitive prevalence study on older adults violence
— qualitative methods contribution | | Author(s) | Ana Paula Gil, Ana Joao Santos, Irina Kislaya |
| Journal title | Journal of Adult Protection, vol 17, no 2, 2015 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2015 |
| Pages | pp 126-138 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com/jap.htm |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; The Family ; Attitude ; Measurement ; Qualitative Studies ; Cross cultural surveys. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this paper was to reflect on how qualitative approaches can improve a prevalence study on older adults' violence. The paper describes how qualitative data can help frame a complex and multidimensional problem, such as older adults' violence, within the culture where it happens and therefore prevent two risks present in prevalence studies: underestimation and overestimation. In order to measure violence and violent behaviours accurately, the authors first conducted four focus groups with the target population _ older adults aged 60 and over _ and 13 in-depth interviews with older adult victims of violence. Through content analysis of focus groups and in-depth interviews the authors sought to understand how violence is perceived, defined and limited by the general population and by victims. By employing qualitative methods the authors were able to operationalise violence and then decide upon and select specific behaviours to measure, rephrase questions and develop strategies to approach the general population through telephone interviews. These qualitative approaches helped reduce participant bias in the prevalence study and therefore to minimise the risks of underestimation and overestimation. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150626224 A |
| Classmark | QNT: SJ: DP: 3R: 3DP: 3KA |
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