“We Grow Together.” Perspectives of Latina Survivors and Providers on the Benefits of Incorporating Culturally Specific Factors into Intimate Partner Violence Services

ABSTRACT

Intimate Partner violence (IPV) is prevalent psychosocial phenomenon with disproportionate consequences among Latina survivors. We incorporate the perspectives of Latina survivors, service providers, and community partners to explore congruence between survivors’ needs and the implementation of culturally specific IPV services, as well as their benefits for Latina survivors. Three main themes were identified: Establishing Psychological Safety and Trust; Exploring and Managing the Impact of IPV; Enhancing Connections. Our findings support prior research demonstrating the benefits of culturally specific IPV services, and the importance of congruence between culturally specific IPV service provision and the expressed needs and desires of Latina survivors.

KEYWORDS:

• Latina survivors
• domestic violence
• intimate partner violence
• culturally specific services
• parenting
• qualitative

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Ethics declaration

This research was approved by the Wayne State University Institutional Research Board [Protocol: IRB# 036217B3E].

Additional information

Funding

This project was supported by Grant No. [2016-SI-AX-0009] awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this presentation are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.