Primary Prevention of Violence Against Women

Martin, Sandra L.; Coyne‐Beasley, Tamera; Hoehn, Mary Ellen; Mathew, Mary; Runyan, Carol S. Wolf; Orton, Steve; Royster, Leigh-Anne

doi:10.1177/1077801208327483

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“…On the one hand, since the majority of factors associated with IPV belong to the social sphere, it is difficult to determine the health sector role and what lies beyond its responsibilities [57]. On the other hand, both public health and primary health care focus on prevention and promotion [58]. In recent decades, primary health care in Spain-and elsewhere-has become less prevention-oriented and more medicalised.…”

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Mapping and exploring health systems’ response to intimate partner violence in Spain

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BackgroundFor a comprehensive health sector response to intimate partner violence (IPV), interventions should target individual and health facility levels, along with the broader health systems level which includes issues of governance, financing, planning, service delivery, monitoring and evaluation, and demand generation. This study aims to map and explore the integration of IPV response in the Spanish national health system.MethodsInformation was collected on five key areas based on WHO recommendations: policy environment, protocols, training, monitoring and prevention. A systematic review of public documents was conducted to assess 39 indicators in each of Spain’s 17 regional health systems. In addition, we performed qualitative content analysis of 26 individual interviews with key informants responsible for coordinating the health sector response to IPV in Spain.ResultsIn 88% of the 17 autonomous regions, the laws concerning IPV included the health sector response, but the integration of IPV in regional health plans was just 41%. Despite the existence of a supportive national structure, responding to IPV still relies strongly on the will of health professionals. All seventeen regions had published comprehensive protocols to guide the health sector response to IPV, but participants recognized that responding to IPV was more complex than merely following the steps of a protocol. Published training plans existed in 43% of the regional health systems, but none had institutionalized IPV training in medical and nursing schools. Only 12% of regional health systems collected information on the quality of the IPV response, and there are many limitations to collecting information on IPV within health services, for example underreporting, fears about confidentiality, and underuse of data for monitoring purposes. Finally, preventive activities that were considered essential were not institutionalized anywhere.ConclusionsWithin the Spanish health system, differences exist in terms of achievements both between regions and between the areas assessed. Progress towards integration of IPV has been notable at the level of policy, less outstanding regarding health service delivery, and very limited in terms of preventive actions.

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“…Given the potential for severe sequelae, including injury, death, and mental health problems, (Campbell, 2002; Ackard, Eisenberg, and Neumark-Sztainer, 2007; Johnson, Yanda, andde Vise, 2010; Wiklund, Malmgren-Olsson, Bengs, and Ohman, 2010), and an emerging focus on primary prevention, the issue of dating violence has moved to the forefront of public health injury control efforts. Over the past decade and through initiation of the CDC DELTA initiative (Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances; Martin, Coyne-Beasley, Hoehn, et al 2009; CDC, 2012), there has been a surge of interest in the development of primary prevention strategies to curb it.…”

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Beyond Correlates: A Review of Risk and Protective Factors for Adolescent Dating Violence Perpetration

Vagi¹,

Rothman

Latzman³

et al. 2013

J Youth Adolescence

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Dating violence is a serious public health problem. In recent years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other entities have made funding available to community based agencies for dating violence prevention. Practitioners who are tasked with developing dating violence prevention strategies should pay particular attention to risk and protective factors for dating violence perpetration that have been established in longitudinal studies. This has been challenging to date because the scientific literature on the etiology of dating violence is somewhat limited, and because there have been no comprehensive reviews of the literature that clearly distinguish correlates of dating violence perpetration from risk or protective factors that have been established through longitudinal research. This is problematic because prevention programs may then target factors that are merely correlated with dating violence perpetration, and have no causal influence, which could potentially limit the effectiveness of the programs. In this article, we review the literature on risk and protective factors for adolescent dating violence perpetration and highlight those factors for which temporal precedence has been established by one or more studies. This review is intended as a guide for researchers and practitioners as they formulate prevention programs. We reviewed articles published between 2000–2010 that reported on adolescent dating violence perpetration using samples from the United States or Canada. In total, 53 risk factors and six protective factors were identified from 20 studies. Next steps for etiological research in adolescent dating violence are discussed, as well as future directions for prevention program developers.

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“…The assessment tool fills an important gap in the existing literature and is the first tool that includes specific competencies needed for sexual assault prevention in both military and civilian settings. A previous need assessment has found that practitioners working in the fields of sexual assault and domestic violence focused most of their efforts on response (e.g., counseling) rather than primary prevention and that they did not have adequate training in primary prevention despite being their interest (Martin et al, 2009). Although there are training programs for general prevention practitioners [PREVENT (Preventing Violence Through Education, Networking, and Technical Assistance) Program] (Runyan et al, 2005) and sexual assault prevention practitioners like those offered by the CDC (VetoViolence) to fill the learning gaps, there are no self-assessment tools for teams of sexual assault prevention practitioners to first identify gaps in knowledge and task assignments.…”

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Development and Pilot Test of the Competency Assessment for Sexual Assault Prevention Practitioners

O’Neill

Acosta

Chinman

et al. 2022

Health Promotion Practice

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Sexual assault is a preventable problem that is widespread and particularly prevalent for certain populations (e.g., female college students, Native American women). Despite the gravity of this public health priority, most individuals tasked with the primary prevention of sexual assault are not adequately trained for the job (e.g., professionals often trained solely in sexual assault response). To achieve optimal outcomes, professionals responsible for implementing sexual assault prevention must possess certain core competencies, or knowledge and skills essential for job performance, which include those needed for any primary prevention effort in addition to those specific to sexual assault prevention. The purpose of this study was to develop and assess the construct validity of a competency assessment tool for sexual assault prevention practitioners. An existing assessment tool, which was designed for injury and violence prevention practitioners, was tailored to reflect competencies needed by sexual assault prevention practitioners as informed by the literature. The newly tailored measure was pilot tested with 33 individuals with varying levels of expertise with sexual assault prevention. These individuals were categorized into three groups based on self-rated sexual assault prevention expertise (low, medium, or high) to assess group differences. As expected, the high expertise group rated higher knowledge in all the competencies than the medium and low expertise groups (except for the competency pertaining to developing and maintaining competency). Data collection and analyses were conducted in 2020. Implications for how the assessment tool can be used to identify gaps among individual practitioners and teams of practitioners are discussed.

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Primary Prevention of Violence Against Women

Cited by 19 publications

References 10 publications

Mapping and exploring health systems’ response to intimate partner violence in Spain

Mapping and exploring health systems’ response to intimate partner violence in Spain

Beyond Correlates: A Review of Risk and Protective Factors for Adolescent Dating Violence Perpetration

Development and Pilot Test of the Competency Assessment for Sexual Assault Prevention Practitioners

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