Appendix A:
SASKATCHEWAN SURVEY OF SERVICE PROVIDERS
TO EVALUATE THE AVAILABILITY OF AND NEED FOR "LESBIAN
FRIENDLY" SERVICES FOR WOMEN ABUSED IN SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS
We need your help. Thank you for reading and responding
to the following:
ABOUT THE STUDY
The Saskatchewan Ad Hoc Committee on Abuse in Lesbian
Relationships received funding from Status of Women
Canada to evaluate the availability of and need for
"lesbian friendly" services for women abused in same-sex
relationships. The Ad Hoc Committee is comprised of
five members, being: Gay &
Lesbian Health Services of Saskatoon (GLHS), the
Lesbian Bisexual and Gay Health Initiative (LBGHI) (Regina),
the Provincial
Association of Transition Houses of Saskatchewan (PATHS),
Sexual Assault
Services of Saskatchewan (SASS), and the University
of Saskatchewan Students' Union Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
Centre (USSU LGB Centre). Virginia Fisher, Coordinator
of PATHS, and Dawn McCarthy, Executive Director of SASS,
are the staff members of the Ad Hoc Committee.
The attached questionnaire is being sent to some 135
abuse help agencies, such as yours, all over Saskatchewan.
The more completed questionnaires we receive, the better
picture we can develop of the availability of and need
for "lesbian friendly" services for women abused in
same-sex in specific areas of the province. Your feedback
would therefore be extremely valuable. The completion
of each questionnaire should take less than 20 minutes.
YOUR PARTICIPATION
Your participation in this survey is voluntary. All
of the information collected as part of this survey
is anonymous and will be kept confidential. You can
discontinue completing the questionnaire at any time
and you do not have to answer any question you do not
want to. There will be no negative repercussions associated
with a decision to decline participation. The majority
of information resulting from this survey will be reported
and presented publicly in aggregate form only. Reference
to specific questionnaires will be made rarely and without
any reference to identifying characteristics. The completed
questionnaires will be stored in a secure manner such
that no one other than the Ad Hoc Committee and its
employees have access to the raw data.
If you have any questions about this questionnaire or
the survey itself, please call Virginia Fisher at (306)
978-6654 or email her at paths@sk.sympatico.ca.
Having read the information presented above, do you
wish to participate?
__YES - Please return this form with the questionnaire
in the attached envelope by November 30, 2001.
If you would like a copy of the resulting report, please
send a separate request to the Saskatchewan Ad Hoc Committee
on Abuse in Lesbian Relationships by FAX to (306) 978-6692
or by e-mail to paths@sk.sympatico.ca. Our preference
will be to supply the report by Word attachment to an
email, and by a link to a web site address where the
report will be available in html, pdf and Word.
THANK YOU very much for your participation.
Questionnaire for service providers:
The purpose of this survey is to help determine the
availability of and need for "lesbian friendly" services
for women abused in same-sex relationships. This questionnaire
can be completed by any service provider in Saskatchewan
that provides services for women who have experienced
abuse in intimate relationships.
Name of agency: _______________________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________________
Phone/Fax/Email: ______________________________________________________________
1. What services does your agency provide to abused
women generally? (check all that apply)
__shelter __crisis line __one-to-one counselling __support
groups __referrals __other (please specify)____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
2. What does your agency know about abuse in lesbian
relationships?
__nothing __very little __some __quite a bit
3. Does your agency consider sexual orientation to be
a contributing factor to the challenges faced by women
who have experienced abuse in lesbian relationships?
__yes __no
4. Does your agency consider issues in lesbian relationships
to be something that requires specialized services?
__yes __no If no, please explain:
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
If yes, what specialized services/supports do lesbians
in abusive relationships need/want?
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
5. What general services has your agency knowingly provided
to women who have experienced abuse in lesbian relationships?
(check all that apply)
__shelter __crisis line __one-to-one counselling __support
groups __referrals __other (please specify)____________________________________________________________
6. What services has your agency provided specifically
for women who have experienced abuse in lesbian relationships?
(check all that apply)
__shelter __crisis line __one-to-one counselling __support
groups __referrals __other (please specify)____________________________________________________________
7. Please estimate the average number of self-identified
lesbians who access your agency's programs/services
per year: _________
8. Please estimate the average number of self-identified
lesbians with same sex abuse issues who access your
agency's programs/services per year: _________
9. Does/would your agency feel comfortable providing
services to women who have experienced abuse in lesbian
relationships?
__yes __no Please explain:
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
If no, what would help your agency feel more comfortable?
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
10. Does your agency have a specific response or protocol
for dealing with a client who is or was in a abusive
lesbian relationship? __yes __no Please explain:
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
11. Does your agency have counsellors who deal specifically
with women who have experienced abuse in lesbian relationships?
__yes __no
12. Are you aware of barriers that might prevent lesbians
from accessing the services of your agency?
__yes __no Please explain:
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
13. What is your understanding of the term "homophobia"?
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Does your agency have employees who could be described
as homophobic? __yes __no
14. If your agency provides shelter services, does it
have concerns about other residents being homophobic?
__yes __no Please explain:
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
If your agency provides shelter services, does it have
concerns about an abusive female partner getting into
the shelter? __yes __no Please explain:
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
15. Have staff at your agency received training in providing
'lesbian friendly' services? __yes __no
If yes, who provided this training:________________________________________________
16. Do you consider your agency's services lesbian-friendly?
__yes __no
If yes, what makes your agency's services lesbian friendly?
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
If yes, what efforts does your agency make to inform
the 'lesbian community' that your services are lesbian
friendly?
__no efforts
__openly displays sexual minority material in its waiting
room and offices (i.e. material depicting other than
heterosexual relationships). If not, please explain:
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
__openly advertises its services in sexual minority
publications. If yes, where? If not, please explain:
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
__other efforts (please specify)
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
If no (and even if yes), would your agency be interested
in receiving training in providing lesbian friendly
services? __yes __no If no, please explain:
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
17. Does your agency have an internal policy to protect
lesbians from harassment or discrimination?
__yes __no
18. Has your agency every received complaints or negative
feedback related to sexual orientation issues from a
lesbian client? __yes _no
19. How would your agency deal with a client who discloses
discrimination or harassment within your agency because
of her sexual orientation?
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
20. Does your agency refer women who have experienced
abuse in lesbian relationships to other agencies?
__yes __no
If yes, to whom do you refer?
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
21. Do you see gaps in the services your agency can
provide to women who have experienced abuse in lesbian
relationships? __yes __no Please explain:
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
23. What does your agency know about the services offered
in Saskatchewan by abuse help agencies to women abused
in lesbian relationships? __nothing __very little __some
__quite a bit
24. Do you see gaps in the services provided in Saskatchewan
to women who have experienced abuse in lesbian relationships?
__yes __no Please explain:
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
25. Have clients expressed to your agency that there
are gaps in the services provided to women who have
experienced abuse in lesbian relationships in Saskatchewan?
__yes __no Please explain:
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Any other comments?___________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Thank you for contributing to our survey by completing
this questionnaire. This survey is being carried out
by the Saskatchewan Ad Hoc Committee on Abuse in Lesbian
Relationships.
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