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Executive Summary

13 May 2020

Proportion of ‘Other’ Cultural Background The “Other” cultural background group makes up only 4.9% of the Northern shelter group in comparison to 18% of the Central group and 23.9% of the South region group. [...] Number of Shelter Stays by Region: More women at the participating shelters in the South were using the shelter for the first time (51% in the South compared with 24.2% in the North), and a larger proportion of women at Northern shelters had 6 or more shelter stays (25.8%, compared to 6.7% in the South) (p=.000). [...] The increased number of shelter stays in the North may also be related to the higher risk levels of the shelter population there and to reduced access to housing and second stage shelters. [...] However, women in the North were more likely to demonstrate a higher degree of change in their awareness of the severity and frequency of abuse, their understanding of the levels of danger and their levels of hope. [...] This is particularly true of the shelters in the South of Alberta where the proportion of non-English speakers is highest, due to higher rates of immigration; c) Shelters that are currently using the DA but did not participate in the study should be assisted to adopt the recommended protocol for administration; d) In general, the DA is to be administered to women early in a woman’s emergency shelt.

Authors

Kathy Cairns

Pages
24
Published in
Canada