This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in ISI Web of Science Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via ISI Web of Science (4) Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Garcia, L. Articles by Kraus, J. F. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Garcia, L. Articles by Kraus, J. F. Pubmed/NCBI databases Medline Plus Health Information Hispanic-American Health Social Bookmarking                   What's this?

Acculturation and Reported Intimate Partner Violence Among Latinas in Los Angeles

University of California, Davis, Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center, lgarcia{at}ucdavis.edu

Eric L. Hurwitz

University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health

Jess F. Kraus

University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health, Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center

This study sought to understand the relationship between acculturation and reporting intimate partner violence (IPV) among Latinas. A cross-sectional interviewer-administered survey was conducted at public health care clinics throughout Los Angeles County. Logistic regression was used to estimate the effect of acculturation on reporting IPV. An increasing trend of reporting IPV was observed among Latinas who were more acculturated (chi-square = 41.02, p = .0006). Highly acculturated Latinas were more likely to report IPV compared with least acculturated Latinas (prevalence odds ration = 2.18, 95% confidence level = 0.98, 4.89) and moderately acculturated Latinas were more likely to report IPV compared with least acculturated Latinas (prevalence odds ration = 1.29, 95% confidence level = 0.69, 2.43). Culturally competent IPV prevention programs may be the key to significantly reducing the number of women exposed to this serious public health problem.

Key Words: interpersonal violence • Latinas • acculturation

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 20, No. 5, 569-590 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0886260504271582


CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				V. Frye, S. Galea, M. Tracy, A. Bucciarelli, S. Putnam, and S. Wilt The Role of Neighborhood Environment and Risk of Intimate Partner Femicide in a Large Urban Area Am J Public Health, August 1, 2008; 98(8): 1473 - 1479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				L. Garcia, C. Soria, and E. L. Hurwitz Homicides and Intimate Partner Violence: A Literature Review Trauma Violence Abuse, October 1, 2007; 8(4): 370 - 383. [Abstract] [PDF]

				B. Campos, C. D. Schetter, J. A. Walsh, and M. Schenker Sharpening the Focus on Acculturative Change: ARSMA-II, Stress, Pregnancy Anxiety, and Infant Birthweight in Recently Immigrated Latinas Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, May 1, 2007; 29(2): 209 - 224. [Abstract] [PDF]