title: Intimate partner violence prevention program in an Asian immigrant community: integrating theories, data, and community.
abstract: To fill an existing gap in research and practice on intimate partner violence (IPV) in immigrant communities, the authors developed an IPV prevention program, called the Shanti Project, in an Asian Indian community in the Midwest. Building on the notion of shanti (harmony/peace), a cherished value and strength of the community, we created a communications campaign that combined social marketing and community-based participatory approaches. Recognizing the interactive influences of multiple levels of social ecology, campaign activities were designed to bring about changes at the individual, relationship/family, organization, and community levels. This article presents the development of this theoretically, empirically, and community-based IPV prevention program.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. miekoy@umich.edu
authors.forename: Mieko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshihama
authors.forename: Aparna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramakrishnan
authors.forename: Amy C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Hammock
authors.forename: Mahmooda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khaliq
mesh_terms: D001213:Asian / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D057191:Capacity Building; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003256:Community Participation; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States; D016730:Program Development; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology*; D040241:Social Marketing; D014754:Violence / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*