title: [Therapeutic adherence to retraining programs for women and men involved in abusive relationships in Mexico].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the therapeutic adherence among participants in the retraining program operated by the Ministry of Health of Mexico, in eight states in 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study that assesses therapeutic adherence in a retraining intervention program for male perpetrators and female victims of intimate partner violence. The intervention was coordinated by a team of previously trained professionals. The selection of participants was made by means of a specific screening test. Overall performance for both groups was analyzed, and based on the attendance they were classified in low adhesion (1-12) medium to high (13 and>). To determine the possibility of adhesion, Student's t tests, a bivariate analysis, and a logistic regression model were performed for each program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  5 539 screenings were applied, of which 88.3% (n = 4 891) were positive. 85% agreed to participate (n = 4 151), but only 75% of potential participants attended at least one session (n = 3 022). 78.5% attended between 1-12 sessions. In the women's program, significant differences in marital status, religion and age groups (p<0.05) were found. In the program for men, significant differences in religion and age groups (p<0.05) were found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the Mexican context there are few studies that assess adherence to programs of care and retraining for partner violence. This study is a first approach that opens the possibility to enhance the design and evaluation of such interventions, which are crucial to dismantle violence against women.
authors.affiliation: Centro Colaborador para la Investigación de Lesiones y Violencia, Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Organización Mundial de la Salud, México, Distrito Federal, México.
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Valdez-Santiago
authors.affiliation: Centro de Proyectos para el Desarrollo, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martín-Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Centro Colaborador para la Investigación de Lesiones y Violencia, Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Organización Mundial de la Salud, México, Distrito Federal, México.
authors.forename: Luz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arenas-Monreal
authors.affiliation: Centro de Proyectos para el Desarrollo, Fundación Entornos, AC, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Híjar-Medina
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012067:Religion; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence