Download or read book An Exploratory Study of Perception of Social Support Among Individuals who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence in the Latino Community written by Elysia Rosalyne Walters and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Intimate Partner Violence and Help Seeking Among Hispanic Women in the United States written by Ruth Infante Lobaina and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the World Health Organization (2012), intimate partner violence (IPV) affects individuals of any socioeconomic, religious, or cultural identity. Hispanics make up 18.7% of the United States population (Jones et al., 2021) and about half of the immigrant population in the United States are Hispanic (Budiman et al., 2020), yet research on Hispanic women who have experienced IPV is limited. The present study was a secondary data analysis of the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) in the United States, and sought to examine differences in IPV, access to services, and barriers among Hispanic women born in the United States and abroad. Results indicated a significant difference between place they were born and their level of reporting physical violence. Specifically, Hispanic women born in the United States were more likely to report experiencing physical violence in the past 12-months compared to Hispanic women born outside of the country. There was no difference in rate of experiencing sexual violence in the past 12-months. Barriers and need for formal services such as medical, housing, victim's advocate, legal, and law enforcement were examined in an exploratory manner. Overall, findings from this study may be helpful in guiding interventions and offering resources that are sensitive to the unique needs and experiences of Hispanic women from different backgrounds.

Download or read book Latinas Navigating Postsecondary Education as Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence written by Nancy Herrera and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive problem on college campuses; however, research has historically not focused on student survivors navigating institutions of higher learning. As a way to support the mental health and educational experiences of Latinas, emerging evidence supports the need to examine their unique cultural experiences as survivors of IPV. With a sample of 453 cisgender and heterosexual Latinas pursuing post-secondary education (primarily undergrads and graduates), the present study sought to (1) examine how psychological (resilient coping), social support (perceived social support), and cultural (marianismo) variables may explain both Latinas' general and Latinx well-being; (2) address if posttraumatic growth may further explain (i.e., mediation) such relationships; and (3) take an exploratory narrative approach to supplement the quantitative analyses and more fully understand Latina survivors via self-descriptions. Hierarchical regression results evidenced that resilient coping, social support, and marianismo collectively explained general and Latinx well-being. However, differences emerged when examining if the individual variables explain general and Latinx well-being. Next, the mediation analyses yielded that posttraumatic growth only partially mediated the relationships among resilient coping and social support to general well-being. The emergent themes via content analysis of three open-ended questions supported and augmented the results from the quantitative analyses. Additionally, the emergent themes provided a deeper understanding of Latinas' healing journey from IPV via empowerment, renegotiation of certain oppressive Latinx values, and commitment to break generational violence. Community, higher education, college counseling center, mental health, and mental health training program implications are provided.

Download or read book Applying Behavioral Insights to Intimate Partner Violence written by Marta Garnelo and published by Inter-American Development Bank. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to global survey data, 30 percent of women who have ever been in a relationship have experienced physical and/or sexual violence, perpetrated by their intimate partner. In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), it is estimated that 29.8 percent of ever partnered women have been physically or sexually abused by their partners. This report leverages insights from the behavioral sciences, including behavioral economics, social psychology and neuroscience, to provide recommendations to improve the design of survivor services in the LAC region and, ultimately, to lead to better life outcomes for women. We aim to provide policymakers and service providers alike with: 1) A diagnosis informed by qualitative research of potential behavioral barriers that service providers and survivors face in the process of delivering and accessing services, respectively; and 2) Proposed interventions ideas, informed by a review of the behavioral science literature, that can be tailored to existing services and evaluated for impact.

Download or read book An Ecological Perspective of Social Support among Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence by a Male Partner written by Beverly Herr and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Trauma Exposure and Perception of Domestic Violence and Service Utilization Among Central American Women Living in the United States written by Dianna Linares and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how long-term exposure to violence in the community and in the family has contributed to perception of intimate partner violence and willingness to access and utilize services among Central American Women who now reside in the United States. The sample consisted of 9 self-identified Central American women who experienced violence in their lifetime and identify as survivors of domestic violence. The participants reported that they endured various experiences of violence throughout their lifetime. The participants' experiences ranged from witnessing violence in their household and in their communities, to being directly victimized by a family member, a stranger and their intimate partners. Additionally, participants expressed perception of how to improve outreach services in the community for women involved in an abusive relationship or who have survived domestic violence. Participants also provided their perception of services already provided in the community, and their willingness to access these services. Further research is needed on perception of service utilization, and types of services Central American and/or other Latina women perceive are beneficial and find helpful to increase their decision making skills when confronted with an act of violence in their relationships.

Download or read book Health and Behavior Among Latina Women and Their Children written by Michelle Danit Lesar and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health and Behavior Among Latina Women and Their Children: Associations with Social Support, Perception of Safety, and Neighborhood Disorder By Michelle Danit Lesar Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology University of California, Berkeley Professor (Emeritus) Sherman L. Syme, Chair Social epidemiology focuses on the health effects of the social and physical environment and includes research on a broad range of topics, including social support and neighborhoods. The three chapters in this dissertation investigate social support, perception of neighborhood, and neighborhood physical disorder as they relate to maternal and child health. The study population consists of women and their children who are participants in the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS) project, a study on the health effects of pesticide and allergen exposure in the Salinas Valley, an agricultural region in California. The data used in this dissertation come from primarily immigrant Latinos, an important yet understudied population. In chapter one, I assessed the association between social support during pregnancy and the odds for cesarean delivery among Medi-Cal eligible Latinas living in the Salinas Valley. Although cesarean sections can be life-saving for women and infants in some situations, the proportion of births currently delivered via cesarean is unnecessarily high. The presence of a delivery companion is associated with lower cesarean frequency, and there is some evidence for an association between social support during pregnancy and reduced cesarean frequency. I analyzed data from 511 women who participated in the CHAMACOS project to test for an association between higher social support and lower odds for cesarean delivery. I measured social support via structural (marital status, number of close friends, church attendance, and living arrangement) and functional (Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire and perceived partner support) types of support, and controlled for body mass index, socioeconomic position, acculturation, and alcohol, cigarette, or drug use. I used multiple logistic regression models with robust standard errors to assess the relationship between social support variables and the natural log odds of cesarean delivery. I did not find statistical evidence for an association between social support and the odds for cesarean delivery, as all 95 percent confidence intervals included the null value. However, some point estimates were large enough to suggest an association might exist, albeit in the opposite direction of what I hypothesized. Although my findings did not suggest an association between social support during pregnancy and cesarean delivery, I believe future observational and intervention studies are needed to shed further light on the relationship between social support and cesarean delivery among Latinas. In chapter two, I explored maternal perception of neighborhood safety and its relationship to hours of television viewing among three-and-a-half-year-old Latino children from the CHAMACOS project. Due to its association with negative health outcomes (e.g., obesity), national guidelines support limiting children's time with entertainment media to no more than one to two hours per day. Parents who perceive their neighborhoods to be less safe may choose to keep their children entertained indoors with television, whereas parents who are less concerned about neighborhood safety may allow their children to play outdoors. I tested two hypotheses related to maternal perception of safety and children's television-viewing behavior: (1) children whose mothers perceive their current neighborhoods to be safer for outdoor play will watch less television than children of women who rate their current neighborhoods as less safe, and (2) there will be effect modification of the association in the first hypothesis by the child's sex, with the association being stronger for girls than boys. My study population consisted of 328 mother-child dyads. Television viewing was analyzed dichotomously based on national guidelines: two hours or less per day of television versus more than two hours per day. In addition to using overall daily television-viewing information, I also tested my hypotheses for weekend and weekday viewing. I assessed maternal perception of neighborhood safety for child outdoor play via a likert scale (ranging from "very safe" to "very unsafe"); I used the four-category variable in analyses when interaction was not present and a dichotomous version of the variable ("very safe" versus all other responses) when interaction was present. As in chapter one, I used multiple logistic regression models and robust standard errors to test my hypotheses. I controlled for the confounding effects of socioeconomic position; maternal body mass index, employment status, marital status, and depression; whether or not the child lives with one or more siblings; and time of year. I found that mothers who perceived their neighborhoods to be less safe were more likely to have sons who watched television more than two hours per day, both in general and on the weekends, than mothers who thought their neighborhoods were very safe. The proportion of daughters who watched television more than two hours per day on an average day or on a weekend day did not differ by maternal perception of neighborhood safety. Also, maternal perception of neighborhood safety was associated with weekday television viewing habits among children, but there was no trend and this association did not vary by sex. Finally, in chapter three I assessed whether or not neighborhoods with more symbols of physical disorder would have a higher proportion of five-year-old children spending more than two hours per day with entertainment media. As in chapter two, I explored the possibility of effect modification by sex. I analyzed data from 311 Latino children from the CHAMACOS project using a dichotomous variable for screen time: children who spent more than two hours per day watching television or videos or playing video or computer games versus children whose screen time was two hours or less per day. I used three outcome variables: overall (a weighted average of weekday and weekend) screen time, weekend screen time, and weekday screen time. To measure physical symbols of neighborhood disorder, I included objective information (via block-face observations) on cars, garbage and litter, cigarettes and cigars, graffiti, odors, the condition of residential buildings, yards and gardens, and "for rent" and "for sale" signs. I used a principal components analysis on a polychoric correlation matrix to create one summary variable from twelve original variables that categorized neighborhoods as "low", "somewhat low", "somewhat high", and "very high" with respect to physical disorder. I also used multiple logistic regression models with robust standard errors to test my hypotheses. The covariates I included in my final models were the child's sex and age, family income and home ownership, maternal body mass index, parental emotional problem, whether or not the child lives with a sibling, parent-rated child's health, the time of year of data collection, acculturation, and whether the neighborhood is urban, suburban, or rural. In the overall and weekend screen time analyses, I did not find statistical support for effect modification by sex nor did I find support for main effects. However, I did find evidence of interaction in the weekday screen time analyses; there was a main effect for girls, but not boys. For girls, the main effect appeared to be due solely to the odds ratio comparing the "somewhat high" and "very high" neighborhood disorder groups and was in the opposite direction of what I expected. I hypothesized that higher neighborhood physical disorder would be associated with more screen time, but it appears that neighborhoods with "somewhat high" physical disorder had a higher proportion of girls who spent more than two hours per weekday with entertainment media than did neighborhoods with "very high" physical disorder. As my findings appear to suggest a possible negative association for girls with respect to weekdays, and no other significant findings, I believe future research is needed to fully explore the potentially complex relationship between physical symbols of neighborhood disorder and screen time among five-year-old Latino children. This dissertation focused on two social epidemiologic research topics, social support and neighborhoods, using data from a primarily immigrant, Latina population. Although I did not find evidence to suggest that an association between social support during pregnancy and cesarean delivery exists, I believe there may be an association, perhaps only for certain subgroups of Latinas, and this needs to be further explored in future research endeavors. With respect to neighborhood, my findings from chapters two and three appear to be inconsistent, with the results from chapter two suggesting that mothers who perceived their neighborhoods to be less safe have three-and-a-half-year-old sons who watch more than two hours per day of television on average and on the weekends, and chapter three providing weak support for an association between higher neighborhood physical disorder and less weekday screen time among five-year-old girls. Thus, the nature of the association between neighborhood and screen time may be complex and vary according to the day of the week, gender, and age. Future research should be conducted to better understand these relationships, with attention paid to how children spend their indoor leisure time.

Download or read book Experience of Intimate Partner Violence Among U S Born Immigrant and Migrant Latinas written by Andrea Hazen and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The three aims of this stratified random sample study were: (1) To assess the prevalence and patterns of intimate partner violence, including physical, sexual, and emotional/psychological abuse in three stratified groups of Latina women (a) Migrants: Migrant or seasonal workers (including immigrants and non-immigrants), (b) Immigrants: Immigrants, but not migrant or seasonal workers, and (c) U.S. born Latinas); (2) to identify differential risk and protective factors associated with this violence, which included examining the role of cultural (e.g. acculturation, acculturative stress, ethnic identity, self-efficacy), socioeconomic, psychosocial and social support factors; and based on these findings, (3) to outline specific implications of the findings for intimate partner violence prevention and intervention programming. The study used a quasi-experimental approach. The sample of 291 predominantly Mexican American Latinas revealed a high rate of lifetime and past year experience with IPV."--Abstract.

Download or read book Intimate Partner Violence and Depression in the Latino Community written by Alana Marquez Roth and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pregnancy, a period characterized by physical, emotional, and social changes, elevates the risk for intimate partner violence (IPV) in women. If experienced, both physical and emotional abuse can cause adverse consequences for mothers and infants. One of those prevalent consequences of IPV is depression. Latinas have been found to experience higher rates of IPV compared to their Caucasian counterparts and depression at 2 to 3 times higher rates than the national average, but are vastly underrepresented in the literature on IPV. The purpose of this study is fourfold. It identifies rates of IPV screening during the perinatal periods. It also examines rates and types of IPV in Latina primary care patients across the perinatal periods, and examines the degree to which IPV rates are accounted for by patient characteristics and type of prenatal care. Lastly, this study investigates the relationship between IPV and depressive symptoms during the perinatal periods. The participant set is 296 low -income Latina primary care patients. Rates of IPV in this population ranged from 7% to 9% throughout the perinatal periods. While 3%-6% of women reported experiencing intimate partner physical abuse, 13%- 23% of women reported experiencing intimate partner emotional abuse. Thus, women reported significantly higher rates of emotional abuse than physical abuse throughout the perinatal periods. Women with higher IPV scores (HITS) were more likely to have higher depression scores (EPDS) throughout this time. Rates of IPV were significantly, positively correlated with rates of depressive symptoms at each trimester and postpartum. Women who preferred their care in Spanish and with greater parity were more likely to have higher rates of IPV (HITS). Both physical and emotional abuse were significantly, positively correlated with depression levels (EPDS) throughout the perinatal periods.

Download or read book Immigrant Populations as Victims written by Robert Carl Davis and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Analyzing the Help seeking Behaviors and Barriers Among Hispanic Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence written by Emely Mejia and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is experienced by millions of women in the U.S. every year. As the population of Hispanic women continues to grow, there is more attention to the unique experience of these women and the factors that disproportionately affect this population when they experience IPV. The objective of this study was to identify help-seeking behaviors and barriers to help-seeking in Hispanic survivors of IPV. The last published systematic review on this topic was in 2011, showing a gap in our understanding of the prevalent barriers affecting Hispanic women over the last decade. To assess the current knowledge on this topic, a systematic literature review was conducted using the University of Central Florida’s PRIMO database to find research on helpseeking among Hispanic women from 2009-2021. From this search, 113 studies were identified and 28 met the inclusion criteria for review based on if the study was peer-reviewed, Hispanic women are the main or sub-focal sample of the study, and help-seeking or barriers to help-seeking were identified. Results showed that Hispanic women use an array of help-seeking strategies (e.g., friends, family, police, social workers), and multiple barriers to help-seeking were identified such as language barriers and cultural standards. The information from this study can be used to assist Hispanic women seeking help after experiencing IPV.

Download or read book Evaluating a Social Support Intervention for Latina Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence written by Deborah A. Arthur and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Domestic Violence at the Margins written by Natalie J. Sokoloff and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprints of the most influential recent work in the field as well as more than a dozen newly commissioned essays explore theoretical issues, current research, service provision, and activism among Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans, Jewish Americans, and lesbians. The volume rejects simplistic analyses of the role of culture in domestic violence by elucidating the support systems available to battered women within different cultures, while at the same time addressing the distinct problems generated by that culture. Together, the essays pose a compelling challenge to stereotypical images of battered women that are racist, homophobic, and xenophobic.

Download or read book Barriers to Reporting Domestic Violence written by Mayra Villa and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background and purpose: Domestic Violence has become a nationwide problem, affecting communities of all races, socioeconomic statuses, educational levels, and geographical settings. However, some groups may be especially vulnerable as they may encounter additional challenges in reporting the abuse or seeking help. For Latina women, their traditional and cultural beliefs may put them at higher risk of not reporting the violence due to the belief that domestic violence is a private matter and that men hold all the power. Specifically, this study explored whether there are unique barriers that prevent Latina women from reporting domestic violence. Methods: A qualitative exploratory study was conducted using anonymous semi-structured phone interviews to examine Latina women's perspective of being in an abusive relationship and barriers they faced in reporting the abuse. Participants needed to be female, Latina, English and/or Spanish speaking, between the ages of 25-55 years old, previously in an abusive relationship, and currently enrolled in domestic violence services. Results: Eight participants between the ages of 27-48 were interviewed. Findings showed that the participants experienced the common barriers that prevent women from reporting domestic violence found in previous research studies. In addition, participants revealed four additional unique barriers. Discussion: Study findings support previous research on barriers to reporting domestic violence for Latina women and identified additional barriers may also interfere with reporting domestic violence. Based on the findings, recommendations suggest the importance of suicide prevention awareness, making resources available throughout the community, and increased training for law enforcement about domestic violence.

Download or read book Intimate Partner Violence Among Undocumented Spanish Speaking Immigrants written by Sara J. Shuman and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background: Although prior research has established intimate partner violence (IPV) as a widespread public health problem in the U.S., little is known about IPV prevalence and help seeking behaviors in undocumented Latina immigrants Purpose: This study seeks to contribute new knowledge to the study of IPV by describing IPV prevalence, help seeking behaviors, and health outcomes of undocumented Spanish-speaking immigrant women who have experienced lifetime intimate partner violence. . Methods: Two hundred undocumented Spanish-speaking women were recruited from urban healthcare centers to complete a survey about women's health to assess IPV, major depressive disorder (MDD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and health-related quality (HRQL) of life. Qualitative interviews were completed with community health workers serving this population and immigrant survivors of violence. Results: Sixty-nine (34.5%) of the women in the sample screened positive for lifetime IPV and of these women, 56.6% sought help from either formal or informal sources as a result of the violence. Of the entire sample, 41.5% endorsed major depressive disorder and 16% endorsed post-traumatic stress disorder. In the unadjusted logistic regression models, IPV survivors were more likely to endorse MDD and PTSD and report low mental health HRQL scores (OR: 2.27, 3.45, 2.19, respectively). In fully adjusted models, only the association between IPV and PTSD remained significant (OR: 4.143, CI: 1.21-14.24). Discussion: The findings highlight several help-seeking barriers among undocumented Spanish-speaking immigrant women who are the survivors of IPV. Language barriers and fears of family separation resulting from deportation and loss of child custody are unique help-seeking barriers for undocumented immigrants. There was an overall high prevalence of MDD and PTSD in the sample population, and an increased risk of PTSD in IPV survivors compared with non-survivors. Our findings highlight the need for quality mental health and trauma-informed services tailored to the needs of undocumented Spanish-speaking immigrant women, including increased access to mental health services in primary healthcare settings. Health and social service organizations serving this population should use this information to inform IPV treatment and prevention programs for women.

Download or read book Why Use Agent Based Models To Explore Social Issues The Case Of Intimate Partner Violence and Social Support Systems written by Marina V. Drigo and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intimate partner violence is a major social problem, and while both men and women can be victims of abuse, the percentage of affected women, especially from low-income, immigrant and African-American communities appears to be higher due to structural inequalities. Women from various socio-cultural and economic backgrounds also differ in ways of seeking help, utilizing services and disclosing abuse to family members, friends and formal sources of help. Building on socio-cultural and economic representations of intimate partner violence, this thesis presents a spatially explicit agent-based model for simulating help-seeking behavior of battered women within informal and formal social support systems represented by friends, shelters and community service centers. Results from the model demonstrate the discrepancy between officially reported violence incidents and those experienced in reality. The results also demonstrate the difference in how successful women with different income levels and those from African American, Hispanic and White groups are in becoming economically independent and leaving violent relationship. Overall, the results demonstrate that the formal support systems need to be geared toward low-income women to ensure their independence from abusive relationships.