title: Disseminating the Community Advocacy Project in Mexico: A Feasibility Study.
abstract: The Community Advocacy Project is an evidence-based practice that has been shown to lead to numerous positive changes in the lives of intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors. Prior research conducted in the Midwest United States, and with primarily African American and Anglo American survivors, has shown that this short-term, community-based advocacy intervention results in increased safety and quality of life even 2 years after the intervention ends. The current study describes the process of culturally adapting and disseminating this program in Monterrey, Mexico, with a sample of low-income Mexican IPV survivors exposed to a variety of considerable contextual stressors. Interviews were conducted with advocates, advocate supervisors, and survivors to examine the acceptability and utility of the intervention. Twenty-seven IPV survivors, seven advocates, and four advocate supervisors participated in the intervention research. Advocates and their supervisors were highly laudatory, believing the intervention to be culturally relevant and effective. Encouraging changes were found for survivors as well, with positive changes over time being found on safety, quality of life, social support, and depression.
authors: 1 Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
authors: Cris M
authors: CM
authors: Sullivan
authors: 2 Centro de Investigación Familiar A.C., Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
authors: Elizabeth
authors: E
authors: Aguilar
authors: 1 Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
authors: Gabriela
authors: G
authors: López-Zerón
authors: 1 Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
authors: José Rubén
authors: JR
authors: Parra-Cardona
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003256:Community Participation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011203:Poverty; D011788:Quality of Life; D012944:Social Support; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: advocacy; cultural adaptation; domestic violence; feasibility study; intimate partner violence