One can therefore make a conceptual link between communication skills for consulting the IPV survivor, brief behaviour change counselling and motivational interviewing.
Data were obtained from the police dockets on the details of the survivor and her behaviour after the rape, circumstances of the rape, and details of the perpetrator.
Additionally, most research has focused on helping survivors initiate healthy behaviour changes; research is also needed to help survivors maintain meaningful changes in health behaviour over time.
"Two women a week are killed by domestic violence, and in our experience of working with survivors, coercive controlling behaviour is at the heart of the most dangerous abuse.
"Two women a week are killed by domestic violence, and in our experience of working with survivors, coercive controlling behaviour is at the heart of the most dangerous abuse," she said.
Given the growing number of cancer survivors, distance-based behaviour change programs addressing physical activity have the potential to make a significant public health impact.
"When you allow him to keep perpetuating the delusional and selective memory of his violent past, you are in essence, endorsing his behaviour," the survivor said.
Henceforth, most of the rape survivors were lacking this behaviour.
This is positive, given the known risks of sedentary behaviour for survivors includes the development of comorbid conditions and cancer recurrence.
Engaging in multiple risk behaviours simultaneously can have synergistic detrimental effects on health (Mokdad et al, 2005), and health interventions should therefore primarily target survivors showing multiple-risk behaviour pattern.
