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National Estimates of Intimate Partner Violence and Service Receipt among Latina Women with Child Welfare Contact

Authors: Megan Finno-Velasquez, Ijeoma Nwabuzor Ogbonnaya

Published in: Journal of Family Violence | Issue 7/2017

Abstract

A rise in the Latino population resulting from increased immigration to the United States over the past several decades has invoked increasing concern about factors contributing to the victimization of Latinas. The present study used the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being to explore experiences of physical intimate partner violence (IPV) and service receipt for IPV issues among Latina caregivers reported to the child welfare system for alleged child abuse or neglect. Results showed no significant differences in severity and overall rates of physical violence between immigrants and nonimmigrants, with the exception of the frequency of violence; U.S.-born women reported more incidents than immigrants. Despite experiencing a high overall rate of IPV during the previous year (33.0%), during the same period only 16.8% of Latinas reported being referred to services and 9.4% of mothers reported receiving services to address IPV issues. Despite evidence of disparities in use of other types of services by immigrant parents involved with the child welfare system, no differences in IPV service use were noted between immigrant and nonimmigrant mothers. Adjusting for covariates, neither nativity nor legal status was predictive of recent experiences of physical violence or service use. Potential reasons for these findings and implications are discussed.

Referral was excluded from final multivariate models because of high multicollinearity with service receipt and several case indicators of interest.

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Title: National Estimates of Intimate Partner Violence and Service Receipt among Latina Women with Child Welfare Contact
Authors: Megan Finno-Velasquez
Ijeoma Nwabuzor Ogbonnaya
Publication date: 01-10-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Family Violence / Issue 7/2017
Print ISSN: 0885-7482
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-017-9912-9

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