title: Pilot testing HIV and intimate partner violence prevention modules among Spanish-speaking Latinas.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to test two modules of a theoretically based, gender- and culturally specific HIV intimate partner violence risk reduction intervention for Spanish-speaking Latinas. The themes of the modules were "Estás en una relación sana y segura?" (Are you in a healthy and safe relationship?) and "Mantenerse sana y segura" (Keeping yourself healthy and safe). An evaluative one-group, repeated measure design with measures collected at preintervention (N = 31), immediate postintervention (n = 26), and 1-month postintervention follow-up (n = 20) design was used to evaluate the intervention. Study results represent a small but significant first step toward an integrative approach to the prevention of two major and interrelated public health issues among an at-risk and underserved population.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing, Galveston, USA.
authors.forename: Yolanda R
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Davila
authors.forename: Elsa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bonilla
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Ramirez
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grinslade
authors.forename: Antonia M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Villarruel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012747:Sexual Partners; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*