title: Culturally appropriate care for pregnant Latina women who are victims of domestic violence.
abstract: Latina women who are pregnant and experiencing domestic violence face many barriers to accessing care and finding culturally appropriate services. These barriers are entwined in a complex web of social, cultural, economic, political, and legal issues. Leininger's cultural care model is presented as a framework to discuss culturally appropriate assessment of Latina women in various health care settings. Recommendations are made for the role of nurses in primary prevention interventions at the individual and community levels.
authors.affiliation: The John Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, USA. boricua_smv@yahoo.com
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Barcelona de Mendoza
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D003144:Communication Barriers; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D007587:Job Description; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D016294:Models, Nursing; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000628:therapy*; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology