Abuse in the Latinx Community

Abuse in the Latinx Community - National Domestic Violence Hotline

According to the National Latin@ Network, about 1 in 3 Latinas (34.4%) will experience intimate partner violence in her lifetime, and 1 in 12 Latinas have ...

Latino Culture Must Stop Normalizing Child Abuse (OPINION)

While this particular form of discipline favored by many Latino parents has been the preferred method of raising children for generations, this ...

Latinas and Intimate Partner Violence Evidence-Based Facts

Below is a list of needs identified by. Latina survivors and community advocates[40, 73]. Cultural and linguistically appropriate services should include.

Vulnerable Bodies: Domestic Violence in the Hispanic ... - Latinx Talk

A study by the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey reported that 26.9% of Hispanic/Latina women experienced domestic or sexual ...

DV and Latino/Latina/Latinx Community - JBWS

However, culture can impact how abuse is perceived and how readily someone experiencing it may reach out for assistance. Within the Latinx community, cultural ...

Why Our Work Matters: Healing Trauma in the Hispanic Community

In particular, survivors of the Latinx community and/or immigrants face an additional layer of barriers. ... Additionally, there is often a language barrier for ...

Rape Culture in Hispanic Communities + Resources and Support

Latinas in particular are more likely to be victimized by sexual violence in their lifetimes. Married Latinas were also less likely than other ...

Measuring the Cultural Competence of Latinx Domestic Violence ...

Domestic violence (DV) represents a significant public health concern in the United States, including among Latinx populations.

Hispanic & Latinx Communities | SASC: The Center At 909

Latino women who were sexually victimized in childhood also experienced high rates of other forms of childhood violence, with physical victimization being the ...

Spotlight: A Hispanic Perspective on Abuse - Darkness to Light

As an immigrant and survivor, I know there is stigma that surrounds sexual abuse; the perspective in Hispanic communities is that we do not ...

intimate partner violence in the latinx community: risk factors ...

violence in the Latinx community will also help us better understand the barriers to care that prevent Latina women from seeking and getting help. Overall ...

Domestic Violence in the Hispanic Community - Safe Harbor

Domestic violence is just as serious and prevalent in the Hispanic community as it is with other racial and ethnic groups. Like other victims, ...

Domestic Violence in the Latinx Community

According to Safe Harbor, some Latinx victims fear reaching out for help because they believe a Mexican law called “abandono de hogar” ( ...

Sexual Assault Victimization: Latinx Identity As a Protective Factor ...

National data suggest that 17.2% of Latina women have experienced a lifetime sexual assault (Cuevas et al., 2010), with 13.6% reporting a ...

A qualitative study understanding immigrant Latinas, violence, and ...

Women have historically been oppressed by society's unspoken rules and abused by men in many patriarchal communities [5]. Unfortunately, for immigrant Latina ...

F A C T SH EET - Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Sexual Violence Against Latinx Communities. Terminology. ○ “Hispanic” and “Latino” are often used interchangeably in American English, however, they are not ...

Inter-Generational Transmission of Violence in Latino Families

Though research on Latino families is methodologically challenging because of the diversity of the community, the various citizenship and immigration statuses ...

Domestic Violence Prevention Amongst Hispanic and Latino ...

professionals, providers, and community members on domestic violence (DV), intimate partner violence (IPV), types of abuse, warning signs, the impact on Latino ...

Violence in Hispanic Families in the United States: Incidence Rates ...

Approximately one out of seven Hispanic children were severely assaulted by their parents during the survey year. The violence rate in Hispanic families was ...

Nearly 80 percent of Latino youth suffer childhood trauma

Nearly 80 percent of Latino youth suffer childhood trauma · Kids who get stimulating early care from birth to age 5 had far less risk of heart ...