Abstract
This study sought to understand the relationship between acculturation and reporting intimate partner violence (IPV) among Latinos. 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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 569-590 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Journal of Interpersonal Violence |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2005 |
Keywords
- Acculturation
- Interpersonal violence
- Latinos
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Applied Psychology