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April 2002, Vol 92, No. 4 | American Journal of Public Health 530-534
© 2002 American Public Health Association

RURAL HEALTH AND WOMEN OF COLOR

Intimate Partner Violence and Women of Color: A Call for Innovations

Roberta K. Lee, DrPH, RN, Vetta L. Sanders Thompson, PhD and Mindy B. Mechanic, PhD

Roberta K. Lee is with the Barnes College of Nursing & Health Studies. Vetta L. Sanders Thompson and Mindy B. Mechanic are with the Department of Psychology, University of Missouri, St Louis.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Roberta K. Lee, DrPH, RN, Barnes College of Nursing, University of Missouri, St Louis, 8001 Natural Bridge Rd, StLouis, MO 63121 (e-mail: bobbie_lee{at}umsl.edu).

In this commentary, we focus on violence against women of color. Although African American women experience higher rates of intimate partner homicide than White women, the cumulative rates for nonfatal intimate partner violence are similar and do not vary between urban and rural locations (though access to services may vary by location).

Much of the research about intimate partner violence is based on women with low socioeconomic status and on interventions that were developed by and for White women. Current primary prevention strategies focus on violence that is perpetrated by strangers rather than their primary perpetrators—intimate partners.

We recommend the development and rigorous evaluation of prevention strategies that incorporate the views of women of color and attention to primary prevention.




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