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

Abstract #108960

Angela Banks, MPH¹, Gene A. Shelley, PhD¹, Cynthia Tobar, BA², Ruth Barajas-Mazaheri, MA², David D. Barney, MSW, MPH, PhD³, and Betty E.S. Duran, MSW, MPH³. (1) Division of Violence Prevention, Program Development and Evaluation Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, K60, Atlanta, GA 30341, 770-488-4273, zwv0@cdc.gov, (2) Latino Community Development Agency, 420 S.W. 10 Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73109, (3) School of Social Work, New Mexico State University, PO Box 3001, MSC 3SW, Las Cruces, NM 88003

In a response to developing culturally appropriate services, the Latino Community Development Agency Inc of Oklahoma City, OK convened a Community Based Linkage Council (CBLC), consisting of social service agencies, community-based organizations, legal, law enforcement and faith based organizations to develop programs addressing intimate partner violence and sexual violence (IPV/SV) within the greater Oklahoma City community. Working with the CBLC, project staff developed three culturally specific interventions focus on enhancing and evaluating the effectiveness of policies for preventing IPV/SV and its consequences. These intervention/prevention programs include: (a) Hombre de Paz, a 26-week state certified Men's Batterer Intervention Program conducted in Spanish to address beliefs, attitudes, values and practices related to the occurrence and prevention of IPV/SV, (b) IPV/SV Prevention Case Management for female victims of IPV/SV. This model assesses the victim's needs and provide appropriate referrals to local services and agencies and (c) IPV/SV Media campaigns specifically tailored to the Hispanic and Latino community. The marketing sub-committee has endorsed campaigns in the form of billboards, bus benches, radio spots and print media. These interventions will be described in detail. Preliminary findings, language barriers, access to services, and social norms will be discussed.

Learning Objectives: Conference participants will be able to

· Understand the development of culturally specific approaches in addressing intimate partner violence (IPV) within Hispanic and Latino communities

· Identify strategies for evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of intervention and its impact on policies for preventing IPV and SV.

· Understand strategies for coordinating community partnerships within a community

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the development of culturally specific approaches in addressing intimate partner violence (IPV) within Hispanic and Latino communities.
• Identify strategies for evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of interventions and its impact on policies for preventing IPV and SV.
• Understand strategies for coordinating community partnerships within a community.

Keywords: Hispanic, Latino

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.