Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #115694

Nancy Glass, PhD, MSN, MPH, School of Nursing, Oregon Health and Science University, 3455 SE U.S. Veterans Hospital Road, Mail Code SN-5N, Portland, OR 97239, 503-494-6740, glassn@ohsu.edu and Nanette L. Yragui, MS, School of Nursing, Oregon Health & Science University, 3455 SW US Veterans Hospital Rd., Mail Code: SN-4S, Portland, OR 97239.

Latina women have disproportionately higher rates of poverty, stresses related to acculturation and discrimination, and higher vulnerability to intimate partner violence (IPV) than European American women. Two major factors contribute to continued IPV-related health disparities in Latina women. First, most IPV intervention studies have focused on European American women rather than on women of color. Second, intervention models are often tied to the use of formal health and social services, such as domestic violence shelters, health care and law enforcement agencies—formal systems that may not meet the needs of women of color. An innovative approach to reducing health disparities is to develop and evaluate IPV interventions in service organizations (e.g. food service, custodial, home care and childcare agencies) where Latina women are frequently employed. This panel presentation will provide an overview paper and three papers on the findings from the first phase of the four year study, a community-based strategic assessment using both qualitative and quantitative techniques to gain information on effective IPV intervention strategies in the workplace from the perspectives of all those involved: Latino and non-Latino battered women, female employees, employers and IPV perpetrators.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify several ways community partnerships can contribute to the overall success of applied research and to the development of the engaged communities.
• Articulate and discuss the relationship between workplace culture towards IPV and battered women’s health and safety.
• List 5 subscales of the IPV-OCS and articulate the relevance of each in relation to the workplace.

Keywords: Vulnerable Populations,

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.