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 Sexual Assasult Among Latinas (SALAS) Project
Award Information
Awardee
              Northeastern University
Award #
              2007-WG-BX-0051
Funding Category
              Continuation
Location
                    Boston, MA
Awardee County
              Suffolk
Congressional District
              7
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2007
Total funding (to date)
              $450,585
Original Solicitation
              NIJ FY 07 ORE Continuations
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2007, $450,585)
Latina women are at risk for sexual and other forms of victimization that have substantial negative effects. This study offers a cultural analysis of their experiences and responses to victimization. The goals include (1) an examination of many forms of sexual victimization including childhood and adult victimization, (2) an analysis of the other forms of victimization sexually victimized women faced during childhood and adulthood, (3) a thorough analysis of the help-seeking efforts of Latina women that addresses both effectiveness of services and help-seeking barriers, (4) measurement of particular cultural factors that affect sexually victimized Latina women, and (5) an assessment of current psychosocial outcomes associated with victimization.
This study will address significant gaps in the literature on sexual assault of Latina women especially concerning polyvictimization, help-seeking efforts, and the influence of cultural factors on experience, impact, and responses to sexual victimization. The findings will also be pertinent to shaping practice and policy. Data will be collected via phone interviews with a targeted sample of approximately 2,000 Latina women living throughout the United States. Participants will be asked about lifetime victimization, help-seeking efforts, psychological distress, PTSD symptomatology, religiosity, acculturation, gender-role ideology, and demographic information. Ultimately, a better, more culturally- based, understanding of sexual victimization among Latina women will be gained.                    ca/ncf



  
Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Violence Against Latinas: The Effects of Undocumented Status on Rates of Victimization and Help-Seeking
                  Posttraumatic Stress Among Victimized Latino Women: Evaluating the Role of Cultural Factors
                  Influence of Ethnic Group Variation on Victimization and Help Seeking Among Latino Women
                  Intimate Partner Violence Among Latino Women: Rates and Cultural Correlates
                  Violence Against Latinas: The Effects of Undocumented Status on Rates of Victimization and Help-Seeking
                  Likelihood of Latino Women To Seek Help in Response to Interpersonal Victimization: An Examination of Individual, Interpersonal and Sociocultural Influences
                  Effect of Acculturation and Immigration on the Victimization and Psychological Distress Link in a National Sample of Latino Women
                  Help-Seeking in a National Sample of Victimized Latino Women: The Influence of Victimization Types
                  Interpersonal Victimization Among a National Sample of Latino Women
                  Final Report: Sexual Assault Among Latinas (SALAS) Study




  
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                      http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28142

  
Date Created: May 17, 2007
    
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