Domestic Trauma and Adult Education on the United States-Mexico Border

Autor/inn/en	Muro, Andres; Mein, Erika
Titel	Domestic Trauma and Adult Education on the United States-Mexico Border
Quelle	In: Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 4 (2010) 3, S.140-150 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1934-2322
Schlagwörter	Family Violence; Females; Community Education; Adult Education; Foreign Countries; Trauma; Community Colleges; Hispanic American Students; Hispanic Americans; Educational Attainment; Surveys; Questionnaires; Measures (Individuals); Two Year College Students; Mexico; Texas; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; ; Gemeinschaftserziehung; Nachbarschaftserziehung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Ausland; Community college; Community College; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Fragebogen; Messdaten; Mexiko; USA
Abstract	While there are increasing efforts to address the problem of domestic violence and trauma in the justice, health care, and social service systems, the adult education system still lags behind. The inattention to this issue in adult education is particularly troubling because these programs often play a significant role in the lives of women who experience multiple levels of victimization rooted in language, race, gender, and educational level, among other factors. In order to address this issue, we need to know the extent to which domestic trauma affects women in adult education programs; few, if any, existing studies include this data. This paper begins to fill that gap by reporting on a preliminary, practitioner-led study with 187 Hispanic women enrolled in El Paso Community College-Community Education Program (EPCC-CEP) on the United States-Mexico border. The results of this preliminary study show the prevalence of domestic trauma among female students in one adult education program, and support the development of efforts to address this problem in a comprehensive manner. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Commission on Adult Basic Education and ProLiteracy America. 1320 Jamesville Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210. Tel: 315-422-9121; Web site: http://www.coabe.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10