dc.contributor.author | Mirembe, Patrah Elizabeth | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-17T09:21:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-17T09:21:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-12-23 | |
dc.identifier.citation | mirembepatrahelizabeth,.(2023)COVID-19 AND THE RISK OF EXPERIENCING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AMONG COUPLES WITH DISABILITY IN KAWEMPE DIVISION, KAMPALA DISTRICT; Department of Social Work and Social Administration | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/14314 | |
dc.description | Bachelor of Social Work and Social Administration | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study was to explore COVID-19 and the risk of experiencing intimate
partner violence among couples with disability in Kawempe division, Kampala District The
study was guided by three objectives namely; to establish risk factors of intimate partner
violence among couples with disability during COVID-19, to find out the common forms of
intimate partner violence among couples with disability and to understand how couples with
disability dealt with IPV during COVID-19. The study was purely qualitative in nature and
employed a purposive sampling strategy to identify the respondents. The sample size of the
study was relatively small with a total number of ten primary respondents and three key
informants.
Data was collected through in-depth interviews and analysed using thematic analysis method.
The findings of the study were presented in narrative form so as to enhance quicker and better
understanding of COVID-19 and the risk of experiencing intimate partner violence among
couples with disability.
The findings of the study revealed that there were numerous risk factors of intimate partner
violence including alcoholism, low self-esteem, and poverty. Additionally, the study revealed
physical violence inform of beating, sexual violence which includes rape as the different
forms of intimate partner violence. These were thoroughly discussed by the researcher.
The study concluded by highlighting the different of intimate partner violence including
physical sexual, economic violence all of this can happen in intimate relationships and can
have severe risk factor which can take the form of alcoholism, sexual abuse, low self-esteem,
poverty and family disagreement which is common especially when victims tend to involved
their relatives into the violence.
Finally, the study recommends the need to put in place domestic violence shelters where the
abused are provided with food, shelter, and child care for the case of victims who have
children. There should be a community boost support network with technology that will
automatically alert the support network if there are danger-related cases of domestic violence. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | en_US |
dc.title | COVID-19 and the risk of experiencing intimate partner violence among couples with disability in Kawempe division, Kampala district | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |