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 Violence Against Latina Immigrants written by Roberta Villalon and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2010-06-07 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A meaningful documentation of the ways in which structural and cultural conditions in current immigration and violence against women laws in the United States reinforce the hierarchies and intersections of race, class, and heterosexuality that impact on the lives of battered Latina immigrants."---Natalie J. Sokoloff, author of Domestic Violence at the Margins: Readings in Race, Class, Gender, and Culture --
Download or read book Making the Invisible Visible written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Yes I Can S Yo Puedo written by Catherine Luz Marrs Fuchsel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sí, Yo Puedo (SYP) curriculum is an 11-week educational program, conducted in Spanish and offered in a group format. Sessions are structured with goals, objectives, in-class self-reflection drawing and writing exercises, and instructions for mental health professionals. The SYP program focuses on education of healthy relationships, domestic violence, and improvement of self-esteem.
Download or read book The Cage I Built written by MacDonald Metzger and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "The Cage I Built: Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence in African Immigrant Communities," Metzger examines the problem of "intimate partner violence" (IPV) amongst African immigrants in the United States. He reveals that IPV is more common than he thought. Writing from his personal experience, Metzger takes the reader through IPV and how it adversely affects African immigrant women. Throughout the book, Metzger takes a more elaborate approach to discuss IPV prevalence, risk factors, and barriers to seeking help. IPV remains a public health challenge globally. Metzger does well in providing more information about an issue such as IPV that is hardly spoken about in African immigrant communities despite its pervasiveness. Research on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) has given little attention to the study of IPV or domestic abuse among African immigrants in the U.S. While there are many research studies and books on IPV in the Asian, Hispanic, and Latino communities, Metzger's book is the first on the subject in African immigrant communities in the U.S. The Cage I Built provides an insider's perspective on the problem of partner abuse or domestic abuse within African immigrant communities in the United States. Editorial ReviewMany IPV victims fail to seek help despite the presence of services to support and protect the victims. Metzger provides a vivid description, cautiously choosing his language to make the less discussed topic attract more attention. The distrust of the available community services, cultural and religious factors, and the socioeconomic status of the African immigrants bar them from seeking help. Many women victims are reluctant to seek help because of a lack of trust in the community support systems. The author interestingly identifies a problem that calls for action to help the victims of IPV. The article, therefore, provides more helpful information that arouses a call for action. Metzger provides a detailed analysis of the issue of IPV amongst African immigrants. He presents his points uniquely and uses his own experience to make the reader understand the problem's seriousness. While concluding, the author asks for action, telling men to avoid abusive relationships. He makes the reader understand that IPV is a serious problem than people thought, hence the urgency for a community response. Agnes Fallah Kamara - CEO/ Advocate, Radio Journalist, Author, Straight From The Heart International, INCThe views expressed in that book by Dr. Metzger are still alive and practiced among the African immigrant families in the United States. There is a saying that "you can take people out of Africa, but you cannot take Africa out of them." Since domestic abuse is not seen as a public health or mental health issue in their countries of origin, the behavior is also migrated with them. Changes in traditional family structures, gender roles, and responsibilities are factors impacting healthy living among our immigrant communities. Women report multiple instances of abuse and a sense of frustration. Your book alluded to reasons which some are economic and traditional too! Thanks for such contribution to knowledge.Richard B. Oni, Ph. -Director of Services and Training, Progressive Individual Resources Inc.Who is this book for? This book is relevant for: *African immigrant women who are living with an abusive partner and want to learn about resources and supports that are available to them. *African immigrant youth and adults who are perpetrators of IPV and want to change their behaviors and attitudes. *Anyone who wants to learn about IPV in African immigrant communities. *Professionals who work in the human and social services field in African immigrant communities.
Download or read book Domestic Violence against Immigrant Women in San Diego County An Examination of Vulnerabilities and Support Resources written by and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2024-02-26 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2023 in the subject Social Work, grade: 1,0, San Diego State University, course: Refugees and Immigrants in Contemporary American Society, language: English, abstract: This paper will provide insight into the hidden realm of domestic violence against female immigrants, examining their specific vulnerabilities, needs, and the available support services as well as their blind spots. Despite the increasing numbers of domestic violence cases, battered immigrant women lack the political advocacy necessary to address the issue decisively. A crucial step to achieve this is increasing and improving the financial and personnel support for immigrant organizations (IO) and existing services for domestic violence survivors. Violence and abuse against women can practically occur in all places and in all situations they encounter in their daily lives. Typical ways to classify these acts of violence are based on the location where the violent act takes place, the identity of the perpetrator(s), or their motives. Accordingly, one can distinguish between domestic violence, violence in public spaces, or violence at the workplace, as well as between violence by (intimate) partners, family members, work contacts, authority figures, or strangers. When violence and abuse occur solely because of a woman’s female identity, it is referred to as misogynistic violence or in extreme cases, femicide, which is the intentional killing of women for the sole reason that they are women. The source of domestic violence against women is not always the intimate partner, it can also involve fathers, brothers, or other household members. Nonetheless, intimate partner violence constitutes the overwhelming majority of domestic violence cases against women and serves as basis of the definition provided by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Download or read book Are Mexican Immigrant and Mexican American Female Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Being Served in Memphis Tennessee written by M. Helena Vanderlei Collins and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Domestic violence against women is an oppressive condition that extends across race, class, and gender. This work examines intimate partner violence against women in Memphis, Tennessee, focusing on Mexican immigrant and Mexican American female survivors of domestic violence. Author M. Helena Vanderlei Collins interviewed ten Mexican immigrant women and seven Mexican American women to investigate factors that influence helpseeking behavior. Collins focused on the perceptions of Mexican immigrant and Mexican American women regarding the social services available to them and explored how their help-seeking behavior is affected by their degree of acculturation and the incidence of intimate partner violence. Collins employed a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to answer seven key research questions. The quantitative instruments included ARSMA-II, the Inventory of Abusive Behavior, and a customized demographic questionnaire. The qualitative data was drawn from the semi-structured interviews with the domestic violence survivors. Collins concluded her study by describing the challenges women of Hispanic origin face when seeking help from social service providers and by offering recommendations on how to improve the quality of services these women receive.
Download or read book Cultivating Care written by Miriam G. Valdovinos and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researchers have acknowledged the deleterious effects of intimate partner violence (IPV) and have incorporated findings into prevention and intervention practices, but research with Latina/o immigrant communities remains limited. By combining Chicana feminist theory and intersectionality frameworks to existing IPV survivorship models, this study explores contextual factors impacting IPV experiences in Latina/o communities. This study investigated the immigration context impacts on IPV experiences for 20 Latina immigrants living in western Washington State. It also explored survivor strengths and hopes to imagine futures without violence. Culturally-relevant testimonio methodology was used to qualitatively investigate the complexity of IPV and how immigration status, ethnicity, class, gender, and informal/formal social supports impacted the experience. One-on-one testimonio interviews were conducted on two different time points with each of the interviewees. Thematic and narrative analyses revealed racialized, gendered, classed, and nativist injustices Latina immigrants experienced along with healing, empowerment, and advocacy when seeking social support. Seeking support from informal and formal social support systems as undocumented individuals meant they encountered barriers attached to their immigration status. Latina immigrant women’s cultural experiences of IPV were mediated through structural forms of oppression, such as racism and economic exploitation especially when they interacted with formal social support systems. Findings informed social work practice regarding identity intersectionalities that increase IPV vulnerabilities for undocumented women and contribute to culturally-responsive interventions.
Download or read book Intimate Partner Violence Prevention and Intervention written by Anna C. Baldry and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the importance of assessing risk in domestic violence cases to prevent and reduce its escalation into homicide (so called uxoricide). Spousal killers in a substantial number of cases exhibit a history of prior spousal violence: in addition to this, witnessing violence has debilitating effects on children. For this reason domestic violence is also becoming a hot political issue on the European agenda. Integrating the US and Canadian experiences with the European ones increases the book's value and broadens perspectives. Assessing the risk and adopting appropriate measures can help reduce the risk of escalation of violence. It aims at gathering contributions from experts in the field of domestic violence and victimisation to present state of the art research in the risk assessment of domestic violence cases.
Download or read book Between Systems and Violence written by Julio Montanez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-27 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between Systems and Violence offers a compilation and analysis of state-level statutes targeting intimate partner violence (IPV) in immigrant and/or refugee (IMR) lives. The book analyzes such statutes’ legal language via various theoretical lenses, as well as provides a discussion of implications for research, prevention, intervention, and public policy. Some IMR victim-survivors of IPV, such as those who are undocumented, may be pinned "between systems and violence" as violent partners use the immigration system as a mechanism of power and control. While protections are available for these victim-survivors, the story told about the encompassing legal landscape remains incomplete and relegated to federal law. Graduate students, as well as scholars and practitioners, will acquire an in-depth understanding of this important nexus.
Download or read book Undocumented Immigrant Latinas and Intimate Partner Violence written by Tiara M. Rodriguez and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Family Violence in a Cultural Perspective written by Kathleen Malley-Morrison and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing primarily for those who may be facing intervention decisions about family violence in the United States, Malley-Morrison (Boston U.) and Hines (U. of New Hampshire) place the causes of family violence in a cognitive-affective-ecological framework that sees wider cultural mores and social for
Download or read book Domestic Violence Against Undocumented Immigrant Women of Hispanic Origin written by Gabriela L. Montoya and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Handbook of Race Ethnicity Crime and Justice written by Ramiro Martinez, Jr. and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-09-12 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook presents current and future studies on the changing dynamics of the role of immigrants and the impact of immigration, across the United States and industrialized and developing nations. It covers the changing dynamics of race, ethnicity, and immigration, and discusses how it all contributes to variations in crime, policing, and the overall justice system. Through acknowledging that some groups, especially people of color, are disproportionately influenced more than others in the case of criminal justice reactions, the “War on Drugs”, and hate crimes; this Handbook introduces the importance of studying race and crime so as to better understand it. It does so by recommending that researchers concentrate on ethnic diversity in a national and international context in order to broaden their demographic and expand their understanding of how to attain global change. Featuring contributions from top experts in the field, The Handbook of Race and Crime is presented in five sections—An Overview of Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice; Theoretical Perspectives on Race and Crime; Race, Gender, and the Justice System; Gender and Crime; and Race, Gender and Comparative Criminology. Each section of the book addresses a key area of research, summarizes findings or shortcomings whenever possible, and provides new results relevant to race/crime and justice. Every contribution is written by a top expert in the field and based on the latest research. With a sharp focus on contemporary race, ethnicity, crime, and justice studies, The Handbook of Race and Crime is the ideal reference for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars interested in the disciplines such as Criminology, Race and Ethnicity, Race and the Justice System, and the Sociology of Race.
Download or read book Chicana Feminisms written by Gabriela F. Arredondo and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2003-07-09 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVAn anthology of original essays from Chicana feminists which explores the complexities of life experiences of the Chicanas, such as class, generation, sexual orientation, age, language use, etc./div
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 Preventative Intimate Partner Violence Program for Latina Immigrants written by Delsy M. Sandoval and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this project is first to create a more complete picture of the Latina experience of intimate partner violence (IPV) by exposing and demystifying the unique belief systems, values, norms, and aspects of Latino culture which make Latinas more susceptible to IPV as well as recognizing those vital cultural principles which may help prevent violence in future generations. Secondly, this project provides cross-culturally appropriate materials in the form of an informational guidebook containing suggestions for creating an atmosphere of advocacy and support as well as a step-by-step guide to working with Latinas based on an ecological perspective and Yalom's group therapy principles through a preventative lens. These materials are intended to aid mental health professionals in creating preventative IPV programs for Latinas in their own communities as well as overall increasing awareness, advocacy, and support for multicultural women living with IPV.
