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7 Geo. J. on Poverty L. & Pol'y 245 (2000)
Characteristics of Help-Seeking Behaviors, Resources and Service Needs of Battered Immigrant Latinas: Legal and Pollicy Implications

handle is hein.journals/geojpovlp7 and id is 253 raw text is: Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy Volume VII, Number 2, Summer 2000 SYMPOSIUM BRIEFING PAPERS Characteristics of Help-Seeking Behaviors, Resources and Service Needs of Battered Immigrant Latinas: Legal and Policy Implications Mary Ann Dutton, Leslye E. Orloff, and Giselle Aguilar Hass* This Briefing Paper examines the obstacles for battered Latina women to preventing or escaping abuse and the services which are actually used to escape abuse. The Briefing Paper surveys the literature and then explores the results of a survey designed and conducted by AYUDA among Latinas in Washington, DC. The results of the survey demonstrate that the most common services used by battered women are immigration, medical and other social services. The authors also set forth suggestions for professionals who come into contact with battered women. Because battered Latina women tend not to seek help specifically for domestic violence, professionals from whom they do seek other services such as immigration lawyers and health care workers must have a heightened awareness of signs of abuse, and be sensitive to * Mary Ann Dutton, Ph.D., Research Professor, Department of Psychology, and Professorial Lec- turer, George Washington University Law Center, George Washington University; Leslye Orloff, J.D., Director, Immigrant Women Program and Senior Staff Attorney, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. Ms. Orloff was previously the Director of the National Policy Project at Ayuda, Inc., where she was involved in the development and implementation of this study. Giselle Aguilar Hass, Psy.D., American School of Professional Psychology-Virginia. Acknowledgments: This article is based on results from the Domestic Violence and Needs Assessment Study Among Immigrant Latina Women conducted by Ayuda, Inc. between 1992 and 1995. This study was supported in part by grants from the Poverty and Race Research and Action Council, the Centers for Disease Control, the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Office of Community Services and the Beckner Fund at All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, DC. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Mary Ann Dutton, Ph.D., 5507 Spruce Tree Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. The authors extend special thanks to the members of Hermanas Unidas, to Ayuda, and to Yvonne Martinez Vega, Ayuda's Executive Director, for their continual support, hard work, and assistance throughout this project. We would also like to thank Elizabeth Mueller of the New School for Social Research in New York for her assistance in the initial development of the statistical program and data analysis, and Tracey Orloff and Beverly Coleman Miller for their assistance in design of the survey instrument. Additional thanks are extended to Margo Coleman and Laura Noblejas for their assistance with statistical analysis and data entry, and to Wayne Krause of Georgetown University Law Center for his assistance with the policy implications section of this paper. The Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy would like to extend its thanks to Monica Arenas at the Family Violence Prevention Fund in San Francisco, CA, and Desiree Flores at NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, Immigrant Women Program, in Washington, DC, for their indispensable help in the editing process.

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