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Partnering With Community-Based Organizations to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence

University of Missouri, Columbia

Jennifer Wagman

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

Rebecca Hernandez

Goshen College, Indiana

Nan Yragui

Washington Department of Labor & Industries, Olympia

Noelia Hernandez-Valdovinos

Multnomah County Domestic Violence Coordinators Office, Portland, Oregon

Marie Dahlstrom

Familias en Acciòn, Portland, Oregon

Nancy Glass

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, nglass1{at}son.jhmi.edu

Latinas experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) often avoid formal resources due to fear, distrust, and cultural and language barriers, yet little research addresses culturally appropriate interventions for abused Latinas. To develop effective interventions, we must include abused Latinas' voices in research and collaborate with the community-based organizations (CBOs) that serve them. This article's team of academics and CBOs used a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to inform development of a culturally and linguistically appropriate IPV intervention for Latinas. The authors were able to reach abused Latinas (n = 114) with a relatively low mean acculturation level in a state that is only 8% Latino. The authors share six recommendations from their successful experience to engage, enhance, and sustain research partnerships with CBOs, including strategies to share power and knowledge, and demonstrate accountability to the partnership and the community.

Key Words: intimate partner violence • intervention • Latino • community-based participatory research (CBPR) • collaborative

This version was published on May 1, 2009

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 31, No. 2, 244-257 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0739986309333291


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