The selected article, “Intimate Partner Violence Among Hispanics: A Review of the Literature”, was published in the Journal of Family Violence. First-author Amanda Cummings, Ph.D. ’14, now in a post-doctoral position at University of North Carolina, Charlotte, was at the time a counseling psychology doctoral student in the University of Miami School of Education and Human Development. As part of El Centro’s R-TEC’S aim to provide interdisciplinary experiences to emerging health disparities scientists, Gonzalez-Guarda mentored Cummings and served as co-chair of her dissertation. Third author M. Sandoval also received mentorship at the SONHS during a summer 2010 internship, and is now a perioperative research nurse at the University of Colorado Health, Anschultz Medical Campus.
In recognizing the excellence of Gonzalez-Guarda and her mentees’ article in their selection of it for The Best Ten list “from the vast choice of publications produced in 2013”, the reviewers cited the authors’ focus on literature covering intimate partner violence (IPV) in people of Hispanic ethnicity, calling this type of research “long overdue”. Dr. Gonzalez-Guarda, a nationally recognized expert in the field of IPV, explains, “Inclusion of our work in such a selective list is a great recognition. It indicates the article’s impact and contribution to the field’s knowledge of violence. The fact that it is co-authored by our counseling psychology and nursing mentees just makes that honor that much more special, and shows our efforts to educate a new generation of interdisciplinary health disparities scientists are working.”
To read the selected SONHS’ article click here.
To read the review of the article by the invited panel of researchers, click here.
