awareness regarding the resource; or the women having made a choice not to utilise/ approach the service. For statutory services (e.g. child protection, community corrections), often the service was not seen as applicable to their concerns (i.e. because they did not have children or because they had not previously been imprisoned). Comments from women regarding reasons for not using services included they won’t believe “fear”, “figure me due to previous history” and scared” (for police); about it, but had animals” “too “thought (shelter/transitional housing); kids would be removed from both parents” and of kids being “scared “fear taken” (child protection services); and even thought about it” (chaplain and religious/spiritual “never organisations). Table 4 presents the women’s identified reasons for non-utilisation of services. Table 4 Reasons for not using services Wasn’t of Attempted Chose not Not resource or to use, but was to use the applicable unable or resource or or suitable to service experienced service concerns problems 1. Family/friends/neighbour (n = 6) 1 0 4 1 2. GP (n = 12) 7 1 2 2 3. Counsellor/psychologist (n = 9) 6 1 2 0 4. Mental health service (n = 16) 6 0 2 8 5. Crisis line (n = 8) 3 0 5 0 6. Police (n = 6) 0 0 6 0 7. Shelter/transitional housing/homelessness services (n = 2 1 2 3 8) 8. Community health centre (e.g. women’s centre, family 11 0 3 2 centre) (n = 16) 9. Emergency service (e.g. ED) (n = 9) 1 0 5 3 10. Domestic violence service (n = 11) 8 0 3 0 11. Child protection services (n = 17) 3 0 2 12 12. Community corrections officer (n = 11) 1 0 2 8 13. Chaplain or members of religious/spiritual organisations (n 4 0 8 4 = 16) 14. Legal services (e.g. support for divorce/ separation, custody order, protection order) (n = 11) 0 1 3 7 15. Aboriginal health or social service (n = 14) 4 2 4 4
awareness regarding the resource; or the women having made a choice not to utilise/ approach the service. For statutory services (e.g. child protection, community corrections), often the service was not seen as applicable to their concerns (i.e. because they did not have children or because they had not previously been imprisoned). Comments from women regarding reasons for not using services included “fear”, “figure they won’t believe me due to previous history” and “too scared” (for police); “thought about it, but had animals” (shelter/transitional housing); “scared kids would be removed from both parents” and “fear of kids being taken” (child protection services); and “never even thought about it” (chaplain and religious/spiritual organisations). Table 4 presents the women’s identified reasons for non-utilisation of services. Table 4 Reasons for not using services Wasn’t of resource or service Attempted to use, but was unable or experienced problems Chose not to use the resource or service Not applicable or suitable to concerns 1. Family/friends/neighbour (n = 6) 1 0 4 1 2. GP (n = 12) 7 1 2 2 3. Counsellor/psychologist (n = 9) 6 1 2 0 4. Mental health service (n = 16) 6 0 2 8 5. Crisis line (n = 8) 3 0 5 0 6. Police (n = 6) 0 0 6 0 7. Shelter/transitional housing/homelessness services (n = 8) 2 1 2 3 8. Community health centre (e.g. women’s centre, family centre) (n = 16) 11 0 3 2 9. Emergency service (e.g. ED) (n = 9) 1 0 5 3 10. Domestic violence service (n = 11) 8 0 3 0 11. Child protection services (n = 17) 3 0 2 12 12. Community corrections officer (n = 11) 1 0 2 8 13. Chaplain or members of religious/spiritual organisations (n = 16) 4 0 8 4 14. Legal services (e.g. support for divorce/ separation, custody order, protection order) (n = 11) 0 1 3 7 15. Aboriginal health or social service (n = 14) 4 2 4 4
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