Combating IPV With Community Leaders in Honduras: An Evaluation of an IPV Training Program Among Teachers and Health Professionals. (March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kim, Chunrye; Capellan, Joel A.; Sung, Hung-En; Orellana, Eduardo Rafael
• Is Part Of: Violence against women. Volume 28:Number 3/4(2022)
• Page Start: 991
• Page End: 1007
• Publication Date: 2022-03
• Subjects: intimate partner violence -- intervention programs -- Latin America -- community leaders; Abused women -- Periodicals; Women -- Crimes against -- Periodicals; Violent crimes -- Periodicals; Femmes victimes de violence -- Périodiques; Femmes, Crimes contre les -- Périodiques; Crimes violents -- Périodiques; 362.8292
• DOI: 10.1177/10778012211008995
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8012

Abstract

Intimate partner violence (IPV) among women in Latin America, including Honduras, is serious. To help IPV victims, a community-based educational program has been implemented. This study aims to examine the impact of IPV training among teachers and health care professionals ( n = 160) on increases in IPV knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy when dealing with IPV victims using a pretest and posttest design. We found that the treatment group who received IPV training showed significantly lower justification for IPV, higher gender equality attitudes, and higher IPV knowledge as well as higher confidence levels in identifying IPV victims and safety planning for victims. We concluded that the IPV training program using the community-based approaches has the potential to help IPV victims in Honduras. More efforts should be made to increase the educational opportunities the community members can receive.