Community-based violence awareness.
Violence against women is a major influence on women's mental health. We used popular education techniques to train 14 Spanish-speaking women as promotoras (community health workers) to increase awareness about violence against women in low income Texas communities. These women then conducted over 80 presentations in Spanish in local community settings. The impact of the program on the promotoras and on women attending the presentations was evaluated using qualitative methods. This research lends support to the idea that nurses working in community mental health settings must use innovative primary prevention strategies and evaluation mechanisms to change awareness about violence against women.
Kelly
Patricia J
PJ
School of Nursing, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA. kellypj@umkc.edu
Lesser
Janna
J
Peralez-Dieckmann
Esther
E
Castilla
Martha
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D001364:Awareness; D003150:Community Health Workers / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000193:education* / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011204:Poverty Areas; D015397:Program Evaluation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas; D014930:Women / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology