DOMESTIC VIOLENCE--CHINESE WOMEN IN THE US AND IN CHINA

由于缺乏意识和文化背景，中国家庭尤其容易受到家庭暴力的伤害。很少有研究关注家庭暴力在中国人群中的流行程度和后果，无论是在美国还是在中国。这项拟议研究的具体目的将集中在：1)开发一种适合文化的工具，用于评估在美国和在中国发生的针对华裔妇女的家庭暴力；2)调查、记录和比较在美和在中国的华裔妇女遭受家庭暴力的类型和发生率；3)调查和比较在美和在中国的华裔妇女遭受家庭暴力的风险因素；以及4)检查和比较在美和在中国的华裔妇女与家庭暴力相关的心理和身体健康结果。为了初步开发工具，将从美国的三个亚洲妇女收容所和中国的一个妇联获得总共200名被虐待的中国妇女及其工作人员的样本。最终随机抽样的2000名中国女性将在纽约唐人街的临床环境和福州的4家主要医院接受采访，中国进行了虐待流行率调查。两国将审查至少120名受虐待妇女的医疗记录，这些妇女是从患病率调查中确定的。筛选家庭暴力的访谈工具将在论文之前设计并测试信度和效度，该工具将筛选前一年的虐待和终生虐待史和虐待类型。描述性统计和优势比将用于比较虐待的类型和流行率，多元Logistic回归将用于确定病例与对照相比的风险因素和相关的医疗条件和症状。这项拟议的研究将建立在发起人先前和目前在该领域的研究和病例对照研究的基础上，以及申请人在中国的初步暴力流行研究，以调查在美国和中国的中国人口中的家庭暴力。

Chinese families are particularly in a vulnerable position for domestic violence due to lack of awareness and cultural background. Few studies have looked at the prevalence and outcomes of domestic violence among the Chinese population, in the US or in China. The specific aims of the proposed study will focus on: 1) to develop a culturally appropriate instrument for assessing domestic violence against Chinese women in the US and in China; 2) to investigate, document and compare the type and prevalence of domestic violence in Chinese women in the US and in China; 3) to investigate and compare the risk factors for domestic violence in Chinese women in the US and in China; and 4) to examine and compare the mental and physical health outcomes associated with domestic violence in Chinese women in the US and China. For preliminary instrument development, a total sample of 200 battered Chinese women and staff working with them will be obtained from 3 Asian Women's Shelters in the US and a Women's Federation in China. A final random sample of 2000 Chinese women will be interviewed in New York Chinatown clinical settings and 4 major hospitals in Fuzhou, China for the abuse prevalence survey. Medical records will be reviewed on at least 120 battered women identified from the prevalence survey in both countries. The interview instrument for domestic violence screening, which will screen for prior year abuse and lifetime history of abuse and types of abuse, will be designed and tested for reliability and validity prior to the dissertation. Descriptive statistics and odds ratios will be used to compare types and prevalence of abuse, and multiple logistic regression will be used to determine the risk factors and associated medical conditions and symptoms for cases as compared to controls. This proposed study will build on the Sponsor's prior and current research in the area with case control studies, and the applicant's preliminary prevalence violence study in China to investigate domestic violence in Chinese population in the US and in China.