Listening to women: culturally tailoring the violence prevention guidelines from the put prevention into practice program.
OBJECTIVE
To develop five reliable and valid (culturally tailored) guidelines focused on the prevention of violence as presented in the violence prevention guideline of the Put Prevention into Practice Clinician's Handbook on Preventative Services (PPIP).


METHODS
The data collection for this qualitative, descriptive design of naturalistic inquiry was focus group interviews with five different ethnic groups of women (Caucasian, Filipino, Hawaiian, Japanese and Hispanic) using a semi-structured interview guide.


CONCLUSIONS
The women interviewed provided a variety of suggestions for adaptations to the guideline. Cultural similarities and differences are presented. Development of a nonjudgmental and trusting relationship is key to disclosure.


CONCLUSIONS
Violence against women is recognized as a major public health problem. Little is known about the effectiveness of standardized interventions such as those contained in the PPIP Handbook. Even less is known about the efficacy of such protocols within culturally diverse populations. Providers should consider adaptation of the guideline based on the individual relationship with the client. The next phase of this research is to implement the culturally tailored adaptations of these guidelines and test their effectiveness.
University of Hawaii School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, Honolulu, HI, USA. shoultz@hawaii.edu
Jan
J
Shoultz
Nancy
N
Phillion
Joanne
J
Noone
Barbara
B
Tanner
D005260:Female; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation; D014754:Violence / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014930:Women