Intimate partner violence prevention program in an Asian immigrant community: integrating theories, data, and community

Violence Against Women. 2012 Jul;18(7):763-83. doi: 10.1177/1077801212455163. Epub 2012 Aug 2.

Abstract

To fill an existing gap in research and practice on intimate partner violence (IPV) in immigrant communities, the authors developed an IPV prevention program, called the Shanti Project, in an Asian Indian community in the Midwest. Building on the notion of shanti (harmony/peace), a cherished value and strength of the community, we created a communications campaign that combined social marketing and community-based participatory approaches. Recognizing the interactive influences of multiple levels of social ecology, campaign activities were designed to bring about changes at the individual, relationship/family, organization, and community levels. This article presents the development of this theoretically, empirically, and community-based IPV prevention program.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Asian / education
  • Asian / psychology*
  • Capacity Building
  • Community Networks / organization & administration*
  • Community Participation
  • Emigrants and Immigrants / education
  • Emigrants and Immigrants / psychology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Male
  • Midwestern United States
  • Program Development
  • Residence Characteristics
  • Sexual Partners / psychology*
  • Social Marketing
  • Violence / ethnology
  • Violence / prevention & control*