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Purpose <p>Domestic violence and sexual assault (DV/SA) disproportionately affect Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) and Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) communities. While culturally specific prevention approaches show promise, limited research has examined how primary prevention is conceptualized and implemented in these contexts. This study addresses this gap by centering the perspectives of advocates working in AANHPI and SWANA-serving organizations across the United States.</p> Methods <p>Twenty advocates from fifteen culturally specific DV/SA organizations participated in individual interviews and focus group discussions. Participants were recruited using purposive and snowball sampling strategies. Qualitative data were analyzed thematically using ATLAS.ti to explore how advocates define, implement, and sustain primary prevention.</p> Results <p>Advocates conceptualized prevention as a relational, community-centered process grounded in trust, collective responsibility, and cultural context. Prevention strategies were embedded within community spaces and included youth and parent programming, storytelling and arts-based activities, faith-based engagement, intergenerational dialogue, and partnerships across systems. Advocates adapted implementation to increase participation by reframing messaging, integrating prevention into familiar activities, offering incentives, and providing flexible participation options. Key barriers included stigma, language access challenges, and limited funding. Success was defined through relational and community-level outcomes such as trust, engagement, and shifts in community norms, which advocates often described uncertainty in how to evaluate.</p> Conclusion <p>DV/SA prevention in AANHPI and SWANA communities operates as a relational, community-embedded, and adaptive process. Advancing this work requires sustained, flexible funding and culturally responsive evaluation approaches that recognize both immediate engagement and long-term shifts in community norms.</p>

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Advancing Culturally Grounded Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention in AANHPI and SWANA Communities

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年6月16日

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  • Swathi M. Reddy,
  • Krista Grajo,
  • Alix Sanchez,
  • Abha Rai,
  • Shih-Ying Cheng

摘要

Purpose

Domestic violence and sexual assault (DV/SA) disproportionately affect Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) and Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) communities. While culturally specific prevention approaches show promise, limited research has examined how primary prevention is conceptualized and implemented in these contexts. This study addresses this gap by centering the perspectives of advocates working in AANHPI and SWANA-serving organizations across the United States.

Methods

Twenty advocates from fifteen culturally specific DV/SA organizations participated in individual interviews and focus group discussions. Participants were recruited using purposive and snowball sampling strategies. Qualitative data were analyzed thematically using ATLAS.ti to explore how advocates define, implement, and sustain primary prevention.

Results

Advocates conceptualized prevention as a relational, community-centered process grounded in trust, collective responsibility, and cultural context. Prevention strategies were embedded within community spaces and included youth and parent programming, storytelling and arts-based activities, faith-based engagement, intergenerational dialogue, and partnerships across systems. Advocates adapted implementation to increase participation by reframing messaging, integrating prevention into familiar activities, offering incentives, and providing flexible participation options. Key barriers included stigma, language access challenges, and limited funding. Success was defined through relational and community-level outcomes such as trust, engagement, and shifts in community norms, which advocates often described uncertainty in how to evaluate.

Conclusion

DV/SA prevention in AANHPI and SWANA communities operates as a relational, community-embedded, and adaptive process. Advancing this work requires sustained, flexible funding and culturally responsive evaluation approaches that recognize both immediate engagement and long-term shifts in community norms.