PhD Student Cao and Gonzalez-Guarda Submit STTI Global Nursing Research Grant Program Health Services Proposal

Kudos to Jiepin Cao, PhD student, and her faculty sponsor Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, associate professor, and their entire team for the submission to the Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Global Nursing Research Grant Program Health Services for a proposal entitled "Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Intimate Partner Violence Against Chinese Women: An Intersectional Perspective."  This proposal requests funding for a one-year period for a start date of December 15, 2019.

This study will be the first one to examine IPV in Chinese women via the lens of SDOH and feminist intersectionality, contributing to a holistic understanding of the complexity and dynamics of IPV within the Chinese social context. This study will establish the empirical foundation help health providers and policy makers to prioritize the allocation of the limited resources and to develop appropriate intervention and treatment resources. This study will also contribute to development of conceptual framework for gender role attitudes. Furthermore, the focus of the study to better address these gender-specific health disparities and contribute to the health promotion in this gender group is also aligned with the crucial goal of gender equality of United Nations Development Program for sustainable development in the 2030 Agenda.

The purpose of the study is to 1) describe the past three-month and lifetime frequency of IPV among Chinese women 2) examine the extent to which demographic factors, socioeconomic status (SES), and gender role attitudes are associated with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) among adult Chinese women from the theoretical lens of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and intersectionality1,2and to describe 3) the general health status between Chinese who have been exposed to IPV in the past three months and life compared to those without exposure in the past three months and life respectively.