Abstract

Intimate partner abuse (IPA) is a significant health problem for women around the globe, and a challenge for health care providers (HCPs). Identifying and appropriately responding to victims of IPA is the standard of care for HCPs. There is a lack of understanding of this problem, as well as the needs of victims of IPA, from patients' perspectives, particularly Latina women. The purpose of this interpretive phenomenology was to improve health care providers' understanding of the health care experiences of battered Latina women. Feminism was the orienting philosophical framework of the study. Hermeneutic interviews were conducted with 17 Latina women in Spanish and English.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3135965; ProQuest document ID: 305046507. The author still retains copyright.

Ursula A. Kelly

Author Details

Ursula A. Kelly, PhD, APRN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC

Sigma Membership

Alpha Epsilon

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Phenomenology

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Domestic Violence, Latinas, Effects of Abuse on Health

Advisor

Joellen Hawkins

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Boston College

Degree Year

2004

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None: Degree-based Submission

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Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2020-08-14

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