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Battering in pregnant Latinas.
- Source :
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Issues in mental health nursing [Issues Ment Health Nurs] 1999 Jul-Aug; Vol. 20 (4), pp. 405-22. - Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- Evidence suggests that abuse of women may be the most common form of family violence during the perinatal period. This battering is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes and has physical, psychological, and social sequelae. Although some ethnic differences have been described in the occurrence of abuse, there is a paucity of research and culturally relevant prevention strategies and interventions to assist minority women. With both quantitative and qualitative methods, this study examined pregnant Latinas in three sites: urban Arizona, rural Arizona, and Mexico, to determine prevalence and type of abuse, level of acculturation, and self-esteem. Women were approached by a bilingual research assistant until 150 from each site agreed to participate. After informed consent was obtained, the questionnaires were administered in English or Spanish and read orally if the participant was unable to read. Focus groups with women recruited from each site by means of a return mail postcard provided qualitative information regarding their perceptions of battering, available resources, and how the Mexican culture influences this phenomenon. The women in the rural Arizona site reported the highest incidence of abuse and the highest levels of acculturation. Women in the focus groups discussed cultural reasons for violence and described helpful measures that could be offered to abused women.
- Subjects :
- Acculturation
Adolescent
Adult
Arizona
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Female
Focus Groups
Humans
Mexico
Nursing Methodology Research
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications psychology
Rural Health
Self Concept
Spouse Abuse psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Urban Health
Battered Women psychology
Mexican Americans psychology
Pregnancy Complications ethnology
Spouse Abuse ethnology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0161-2840
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Issues in mental health nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10624240
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/016128499248565