Domestic violence in the Arab American population: transforming environmental conditions through community education

Issues Ment Health Nurs. 1999 May-Jun;20(3):199-215. doi: 10.1080/016128499248619.

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to assess and provide community interventions for victims of domestic violence in the Arab American immigrant population in a large midwestern city of the United States. The theoretical framework of critical social theory provided the context for the research. A survey tool for assessing domestic violence was administered in the homes of 202 Arab American immigrants, followed by open discussion with the Arabic data collector. Findings from the research were used to develop and implement specific community education programs and clinic resources for the local immigrant population.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Arabs / education*
  • Arabs / psychology*
  • Attitude to Health / ethnology*
  • Community-Institutional Relations*
  • Domestic Violence / ethnology*
  • Domestic Violence / prevention & control*
  • Emigration and Immigration*
  • Female
  • Health Education*
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mass Media*
  • Michigan / epidemiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Models, Psychological
  • Program Development
  • Social Environment*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires