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Dear bloggers, as you know I opened this blog for a project that I am doing in school. This project is based on finding solutions to problems that exist in our community. I Chose Domestic Violence because I want everyone to understand that domestic violence is a public health issue worldwide that is growing in epidemic proportions and we need to work together to prevent and stop this issue. Now that my project has come to end I won’t be able to blog as much as I wish too, because I don’t have a lot of time, but I will check every other week to keep the blog update with new sources.

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Kyriakakis, Stavroula. "Mexican Immigrant Women Reaching Out: The Role of Informal Networks in The Process of Seeking Help for Intimate Partner Violence." Violence Against Women, 20.9 (2014). Pp.1097-1116. PsycINFO, Web. 22 Feb. 2017.

http://vaw.sagepub.com.ezproxy.uvu.edu/content/20/9/1097.full.pdf+html

In this article “Mexican Immigrant Women Reaching Out: The Role of Informal Networks in the Process of Seeking Help for Intimate Partner Violence” by Dr. Stavroula Kyriakakis is a professor at Adelphi University, Kyriakakis claims that even though there are lot of programs that help prevent and stop domestic violence, “immigrant victims especially Mexican women are more likely to seek help from a close family member or friends rather than an official authority or organizations” because of their fear of being deported to their country and also because of their customs and beliefs that whatever happens within the relationship should be fixed in the relationship. This article also states that women that are more educated, speak a little bit of English and have a legal status in the country are more likely to report the abuse.

I found this article at my university database, it has the author credential, the date of when the article was published, and the name of the publisher, which makes me believe that it is a credible source.

I agree with the article, I think the victims are afraid to report the abuser to the authorities for fear of being deported. Many times, these victims come flee from poverty and violence that exists in their country of origin. And somehow, they prefer to endure the abuse to be able to stay in this country, where they have more opportunities; than to return to their country.

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Hello bloggers!

These past few days I have been thinking about the facts that causes domestic violence among Latinos and what resources are there to help them escape from those kinds of situations. While doing some research I found a few scholarly articles and websites that could be of use for those who know of someone or are going through domestic violence, so friends I invite you to check them out for yourselves and spread the word!!! I will put the URL below.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160518

http://vaw.sagepub.com.ezproxy.uvu.edu/content/20/9/1097.full.pdf+html

http://vaw.sagepub.com.ezproxy.uvu.edu/content/8/3/367.full.pdf+html

http://journals.sagepub.com.ezproxy.uvu.edu/doi/10.1177/0886260513505214

http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.uvu.edu/10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.10.009

http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.uvu.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=1b3ef43f-c2dd-4106-9d6d-f51b10ccd92a%40sessionmgr106&vid=28&hid=120

http://nomore.org/about/all-organizations/

http://www.thehotline.org/

http://www.newhopeforwomen.org/abuser-tricks

https://www.domesticshelters.org/

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While doing my research, I found a very interesting blog post called “Practicing Cultural Accessibility while Serving Domestic Violence Survivors” by Marissa Young this blog post talks about the importance of providing survivors of domestic violence with help in their own language because it allows the victims to transmit their emotions into words. Another thing that stood out to me was that they suggest that all the places that provide help to these victims recommend there to be a person of a similar cultural background as the victim because it’s easier to understand them.

Some positive things that I read in the post was that they feel like people that help the victims should have responsibility to build a trusting environment for them to feel understood and not judged. I thought that some sentences did change my way of thinking because I didn’t really consider these things necessary, that the cultural background would be needed to make a strong connection with the victim. I think the author did a good job writing the post but lacked supporting statistics that could have helped her back up her claims. I think the author relied too much on her emotions and not on statistics because she talking through her perspective. She diffidently was able to communicate her message to her readers but like I said before I think a little bit more facts or statistics could have made her claim stronger.  

http://enblog.nationallatinonetwork.org/practicing-cultural-accessibility-serving-survivors-domestic-violence/

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Break The Silence

I’m interested in Domestic Violence. I believe that it’s a problem that can strike couples of all races, ages, sexual orientation, economic status, and religions. I think that this problem can be attributed to the fact of one partner’s constant efforts to maintain power and control over the other partner. Other contributing factors are that most of the times domestic abusers grew up in abusive families learning to view physical and emotional violence as way to resolve conflict. Also, substance abuse, poverty and many other factors can lead to Domestic Violence. I believe a good way to address the problem would be to inform people about support groups that can help them identify and prevent abuse early these organization can inspire people to speak up; or help people by providing mentors, role models and support. Here is a list of sources that can be helpful.

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