Citation

Rodriguez R. Health Care Women Int. 1999; 20(4): 417-426.

Affiliation

School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284-7950, USA. rodriguezra@uthscsa.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10745756

Abstract

In this article I describe the use of a participatory action research (PAR) methodology to address the problem of domestic violence among migrant farmworker (MFW) women in California. The article was generated from a variety of data sources used by the investigator over a 4-year period. These include the investigator's observations, field notes, informal conversations, written stories from the women, and interviews. The "power of the collective" is discussed as the development of a power base for battered MFW women to support and take care of one another. The concepts of liberation, enlightenment, and "conscientizacion" are used to describe the evolution of the collective.

Language: en