‘It’s Not a Subject You Can Sugar-Coat’—An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Service Providers’ Experiences of Delivering a Domestic Abuse Awareness Intervention

Louise Wallace (), Keeley Ann Froggatt, Henry William Lennon and Dean Fido
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Louise Wallace: Department of Criminology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
Keeley Ann Froggatt: School of Science, College of Science & Engineering, University of Derby, Derby DE22 1GB, UK
Henry William Lennon: School of Science, College of Science & Engineering, University of Derby, Derby DE22 1GB, UK
Dean Fido: School of Science, College of Science & Engineering, University of Derby, Derby DE22 1GB, UK

Social Sciences, 2025, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-14

Abstract: With 2.3 million people in the UK having experienced domestic abuse (DA) in the year ending March 2024, DA represents a severe public health issue. Public interest in DA remains high, with its importance and impact re-emphasised through recent legislative changes. Thus, educating the public about the predictors and consequences of DA and barriers to gaining support can both empower potential victims and enable them to recognise and support others. The CEASE Educational Programme is one such intervention, provided by UK-based DA charity RemediUK. This study employed semi-structured interviews and interpretative phenomenological analysis to explore the experiences of staff ( n = 6) who had facilitated the CEASE Educational Programme. Two overarching themes relating to barriers to delivery were highlighted: (1) understanding participants’ lack of engagement, and (2) a desire to fill the gaps. Our findings indicate a need to explore how DA education can best target those who would benefit from it the most, and in doing so, identify attitudes and beliefs endorsing DA, and how to best educate those with personal experiences of abuse.

Keywords: domestic abuse; education; prevention; practitioners; interpretative phenomenological analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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