Breaking the silence: Barriers to help-seeking among female victims of domestic violence in Ardabil, Iran – A qualitative study

• Samaneh Dabagh Fekri,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran

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• Negar Khoshnevis,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Forensic Toxicology, Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Ardabil, Iran

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• Armin Zareiyan,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, School of Nursing, Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Elham Kheirkhahi,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Education, Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Ardabil, Iran

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• Zahra Behboodi Moghadam ,

  Roles Supervision

  * E-mail: behboodi@tums.ac.ir

  Affiliation Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4708-3590

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• Masoumeh Namazi

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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