The tipping point: Intimate partner violence among hispanic women of mexican origin

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Elías Provencio-Vasquez
Bibiana M. Mancera
Leslie K. Robbins
Joseph De Santis

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an international public health problem. In the United States, IPV appears to be more prevalent among Hispanic women when compared to non-Hispanic women. Despite the body of research that focused on IPV among Hispanic women, no study could be located that describes how Hispanic women experiencing IPV decide to leave a relationship in which IPV is occurring. Aims: the purpose of this study is to use qualitative methods to explore how Hispanic women of Mexican origin who have experienced IPV decided to leave the relationship in which IPV occurred. Methods: fifty-nine women of Mexican origin were recruited from a low-income housing authority complex in El Paso, TX to participate in audiotaped focus groups. Data from the focus groups were transcribed and analyzed using grounded theory (GT) methodology. Data were collected until saturation was achieved. Results: participants were able to describe a process whereby they decided to leave a relationship in which IPV was occurring. The process included the categories of the shadow of violence, Vulnerability, Normalizing violence, the Tipping point, Lucidity, and Escaping the shadow of violence. Conclusions: the results of the study provided some important clinical implications for nurses providing care to Hispanic women experiencing IPV, or Hispanic women at risk for IPV. Results of this study provide directions for future research focused on the unique experiences of Hispanic women of Mexican origin in the context of IPV.

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Provencio-Vasquez, E., Mancera, B. M., Robbins, L. K., & De Santis, J. (2016). The tipping point: Intimate partner violence among hispanic women of mexican origin. Horizonte De Enfermería, 27(1), 24–38. Recuperado a partir de https://ojs.uc.cl/index.php/RHE/article/view/12986
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Elías Provencio-Vasquez, The University of Texas at El Paso

PhD,., RN, FAAN, FAANP, Dean of School of Nursing and Principal Investigator of the Hispanic Helath Disparities Research Center at The University of Texas at El Paso

Bibiana M. Mancera, The University of Texas at El Paso

PhD, Project Manager for the Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center at The University of Texas at El Paso

 

Leslie K. Robbins, The University of Texas at El Paso

PhD, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, PMHCNP-BC, FAANP, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of Graduate Education in the School of Nursing at The University of Texas at El Paso

Joseph De Santis, University of Miami

PhD, APRN, ACRN, FAANP, Associate Professor at the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies