Rosa M. Gonzalez-Guarda

TL;DR: A Syndemic Model of Substance Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence, HIV Infection, and Mental Health among Hispanics is introduced, and evidence from the research literature is provided to support the central relationships and risk and protective factors depicted by the model.

TL;DR: Conflicting findings related to IPV risk and protective factors were noted; however, there were some key factors consistently shown to be related to violence in intimate relationships that can be targeted through prevention efforts.

TL;DR: A randomized trial tested the efficacy of SEPA with 548 adult U.S. Hispanic women who completed structured interviews at baseline and 3, 6, and 12 months post-baseline and indicated that SEPA decreased positive urine samples for Chlamydia and improved condom use, decreased substance abuse and IPV, and increased community prevention attitudes.

TL;DR: The importance of addressing substance abuse, violence, and risk for HIV in an integrated manner is supported and the importance of addressed associated cultural factors (e.g., acculturation, machismo) in interventions targeting Hispanics is stressed.

TL;DR: Results from this study support the importance of targeting HIV, substance abuse, and IPV prevention among Hispanics within one integrated framework.