TY - JOUR
T1 - Participation in SEPA, a Sexual and Relational Health Intervention for Hispanic Women
AU - Mitrani, Victoria B.
AU - McCabe, Brian E.
AU - Gonzalez-Guarda, Rosa M.
AU - Florom-Smith, Aubrey
AU - Peragallo, Nilda
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was funded by the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities Grant 2P60 MD002266—Center of Excellence for Health Disparities Research: El Centro (Nilda Peragallo, Principal Investigator).
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - HIV and intimate partner violence (IPV) risks are linked in Hispanic women, so integrated interventions can efficiently produce meaningful change. Integrated interventions for Hispanic women are promising, but factors that put Hispanic women at risk for HIV and violence may also impede engagement with interventions. This study examined barriers and facilitators of engagement in a group educational intervention, SEPA (Salud, Educación, Prevención y Autocuidado [Health, Education, Prevention, and Self-Care]), for Hispanic women. A total of 274 Hispanic women from South Florida in the SEPA condition of a randomized controlled trial completed baseline measures of violence, depression, familism, Hispanic stress, acculturation, and demographics, and 57% of the women engaged (attended two of five sessions). Education, IPV, and acculturation predicted engagement. Understanding engagement advances intervention development/refinement. Hispanic women who experience relationship violence are open to group interventions. Further program development and outreach work are needed to connect women with low education, who are particularly vulnerable.
AB - HIV and intimate partner violence (IPV) risks are linked in Hispanic women, so integrated interventions can efficiently produce meaningful change. Integrated interventions for Hispanic women are promising, but factors that put Hispanic women at risk for HIV and violence may also impede engagement with interventions. This study examined barriers and facilitators of engagement in a group educational intervention, SEPA (Salud, Educación, Prevención y Autocuidado [Health, Education, Prevention, and Self-Care]), for Hispanic women. A total of 274 Hispanic women from South Florida in the SEPA condition of a randomized controlled trial completed baseline measures of violence, depression, familism, Hispanic stress, acculturation, and demographics, and 57% of the women engaged (attended two of five sessions). Education, IPV, and acculturation predicted engagement. Understanding engagement advances intervention development/refinement. Hispanic women who experience relationship violence are open to group interventions. Further program development and outreach work are needed to connect women with low education, who are particularly vulnerable.
KW - acculturation
KW - health behavior/symptom focus
KW - HIV/AIDS
KW - intervention engagement
KW - Latino
KW - population focus
KW - violence
KW - women
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U2 - 10.1177/0193945913480276
DO - 10.1177/0193945913480276
M3 - Article
C2 - 23493674
AN - SCOPUS:84880490726
VL - 35
SP - 849
EP - 866
JO - Western Journal of Nursing Research
JF - Western Journal of Nursing Research
SN - 0193-9459
IS - 7
ER -
