Abstract
Safety and security of vulnerable populations is of paramount importance to non-profit organizations that serve them. However, deductive disclosure of service recipients is easier to do in less populous and rural areas due to not only smaller populations with larger kinship networks, but also limited resources, such as the existence of a single nonprofit organization in a county. While organizations that serve survivors of Intimate Partner Violence require training and have strict policies in place to ensure safety and security for their clients, the general population simply does not have these constraints on information exchange. In fact, incentives exist to spread new gossip to groups due to natural social dynamics. This exchange of information, such as casually informing a neighbor or friend that they saw their mutual friend’s car in the parking lot of a local nonprofit, can increase serious risk factors for survivors and their children who are trying to flee from violence. This brings to light a question of how to design rural-specific interventions for IPV survivors. Therefore, I propose to conduct a systematic literature review of unique needs of rural, vulnerable populations in the face of accessing and utilizing services to better understand what research has already been done in this area and to highlight any best practices or innovative insights into building more resilient service provision systems in rural areas.
Presenters
Jennifer GilmoreStudent, PhD, North Carolina State University, North Carolina, United States
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Rurality, Vulnerable, Innovative, Best Practices, Nonprofit
