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”Du ser bara kriser och katastrofer!” En studie om kuratorns upplevda hinder och möjligheter att fråga om våld i ungas parrelationer

Schale, Carolina LU (2024) SOAM21 20232
School of Social Work
Abstract (Swedish)
Youth intimate partner violence (Youth IPV) has long been an overlooked field of research, but an increasing number of recent studies are showing the extent and severity of the problem. Health care plays an important role in identifying Youth IVP, but there are no official guidelines regarding which profession within health care should have the responsibility, knowledge, or competence to identify Youth IPV. This study aims to explore how hospital social workers within child and youth healthcare reason about the task of asking patients about Youth IVP. The study was based on a qualitative approach, using semi-structured interviews conducted with ten professionals from the field. The empirical material was analyzed by using the theoretical... (More)
Youth intimate partner violence (Youth IPV) has long been an overlooked field of research, but an increasing number of recent studies are showing the extent and severity of the problem. Health care plays an important role in identifying Youth IVP, but there are no official guidelines regarding which profession within health care should have the responsibility, knowledge, or competence to identify Youth IPV. This study aims to explore how hospital social workers within child and youth healthcare reason about the task of asking patients about Youth IVP. The study was based on a qualitative approach, using semi-structured interviews conducted with ten professionals from the field. The empirical material was analyzed by using the theoretical concepts of jurisdiction and discretion, complemented by Bourdieu’s concepts of capital, field, and doxa as an analytical tool. The interviews showed that few hospital social workers routinely ask patients about exposure to Youth IVP, mainly due to a lack of knowledge regarding the problem and uncertainty of how to handle the answers. The hospital social workers' discretion is limited by the lack of knowledge but also by the absence of formal guidelines, organizational structures, and routines. Moreover, the focus on diagnoses often impacts the social workers' holistic approach and contributes to the risk of overlooking important aspects of young people's lives and missing the opportunity to identify Youth IPV. (Less)
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author
Schale, Carolina LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOAM21 20232
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
hälso- och sjukvårdskurator, våld i ungas parrelationer, jurisdiktion, handlingsutrymme
language
Swedish
id
9157375
date added to LUP
2024-06-03 14:42:45
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2024-06-03 14:42:45
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  abstract     = {{Youth intimate partner violence (Youth IPV) has long been an overlooked field of research, but an increasing number of recent studies are showing the extent and severity of the problem. Health care plays an important role in identifying Youth IVP, but there are no official guidelines regarding which profession within health care should have the responsibility, knowledge, or competence to identify Youth IPV. This study aims to explore how hospital social workers within child and youth healthcare reason about the task of asking patients about Youth IVP. The study was based on a qualitative approach, using semi-structured interviews conducted with ten professionals from the field. The empirical material was analyzed by using the theoretical concepts of jurisdiction and discretion, complemented by Bourdieu’s concepts of capital, field, and doxa as an analytical tool. The interviews showed that few hospital social workers routinely ask patients about exposure to Youth IVP, mainly due to a lack of knowledge regarding the problem and uncertainty of how to handle the answers. The hospital social workers' discretion is limited by the lack of knowledge but also by the absence of formal guidelines, organizational structures, and routines. Moreover, the focus on diagnoses often impacts the social workers' holistic approach and contributes to the risk of overlooking important aspects of young people's lives and missing the opportunity to identify Youth IPV.}},
  author       = {{Schale, Carolina}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{”Du ser bara kriser och katastrofer!” En studie om kuratorns upplevda hinder och möjligheter att fråga om våld i ungas parrelationer}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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