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. 2026 May 5;13:e103. doi: 10.1017/gmh.2026.10212

Table 2.

Methodologies and logistics per study

Table 2. long description.

Study
#
Data collection period Location (US–Mexico Border Context) Immigration policy context N Participant age Violent measures (DV/SV) Key difference from other studies
#1 2016–2017 Humanitarian respite center, Texas–Mexico border Pre-MPP 57 29.56 (M = 29.56, SD = 6.84) HTQ items: HTQ–7 Sexual assault; HTQ–8 Other sexual violence; HTQ–17 Witnessed sexual assault; HTQ–18 Domestic violence Smallest sample; first data collection point; IRB approved; temporal synthesis approach; not pooled statistical comparison; bilingual teams; informed consent in Spanish.
#2 2019–2021 Same humanitarian respite center, Texas–Mexico border During MPP 35 28.09 (M = 28.09, SD = 7.38). THQ-SF items: THQ–18 Sexual assault; THQ–19 Other sexual harassment; THQ–23 Domestic violence Focused on MPP-affected families; older mean age; different instrument from Studies 1 and 3; IRB approved; temporal synthesis approach; not pooled statistical comparison; bilingual teams; informed consent in Spanish; participants received a gift card; THQ does not capture indirect exposure
#3 2023 Two locations: McAllen Humanitarian Respite Center (TX), Senda de Vida tent encampment (Reynosa, Mexico) Post-MPP; NIH-funded longitudinal 213 (M = 30.19, SD = 8.48). HTQ items: HTQ–7 Sexual assault; HTQ–8 Other sexual violence; HTQ–17 Witnessed sexual assault; HTQ–18 Domestic violence Largest sample; multi-site collection including Mexico; longitudinal focus; IRB approved; temporal synthesis approach; not pooled statistical comparison; bilingual teams; informed consent in Spanish; participants received a gift card