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Canadian Immigrants and Domestic Violence Support - Coggle Diagram

- - - - This affects how women view the consequences of reporting their abuse. They might worry about the blame that could be put on her parents or family members for having a marriage that didn't work (Ashbourne & Baobaid, 2019).
      - When surrounded by individualist culture, collectivist immigrants feel out of place or unwilling to access help for DV that is geared toward individualist communities. What works for individualist people doesn't always work for collectivist people (Ashbourne & Baobaid, 2019).
      - Common societal ideology in Eastern cultures/countries.
      - Commonly reach out to family, friends, or community over formal support systems (Guruge & Humphreys, 2009; Okeke-Ihejirika et al., 2020)
    - - Common societal ideology in Western cultures/countries.
- - - - This might lead to collectivist women being fearful of accessing support for DV (Ashbourne & Baobaid, 2019)
- - - - Since the Canadian social/legal systems are set up with individualistic and western mindsets (Ashbourne & Baobaid, 2019; Okeke-Ihejirika et al., 2020), this center would hopefully educate the system on what collectivist ideologies are, and how they affect the care that certain survivors might want to receive.
    - - Hopefully having a culturally integrative care center that provides a safe space for Canadian immigrant women to report and access help for DV would reduce the affects of the Social Determinants of Health that they face.
    - - A culturally competent center would consider the culture/language of the immigrant community at hand, and how the social/legal services could provide more inclusive care.
    - - This solution would focus on building relationships with the specific Canadian Immigrant community, and the social/legal services in Canada. It would provide evidence-based knowledge to both parties about culturally competent care for DV support. This relationship would allow for the mediation between the survivor and the system (Ashbourne & Baobaid, 2019).