Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major public health problem. Interventions for IPV have the potential to affect individuals over a variety of outcome domains. Such as medical morbidity, psychiatric morbidity, substance abuse, access to health care, birth outcomes, and family functioning. Prenatal care may be one of the most effective points of intervention for IPV given women's increased contact with the health care system, their concern for the health of their child, and the wide array of potentially preventable adverse health consequences for both mother and child. Research has elucidated significant cultural barriers to treatment of IPV for Latina women, especially immigrant Latina women. This project is a 3 -year longitudinal study that will follow a cohort of 150 Latina mothers and their children. The purpose of this study is to 1) to identify patient preferences for outcomes of IPV healthcare interventions, 2) to identify clinician preferences for outcomes of IPV healthcare interventions, and 3) to examine short-and long-term effects of IPV on women's health. All participants will be low-income Latina prenatal patients from San Francisco. Participants will be separated into two groups: history of domestic violence in the past year and no domestic violence in past year. The participants will be interviewed at a prenatal visit and interviewed every 6 months.Our findings will thus reflect similarities and differences between abused and nonabused women, and between patients and providers on preference health care outcomes.
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Keywords: Latinas, Domestic Violence
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
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I have a significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.
Relationship: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(Grant No. 1 R01 HS11104-01)