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A Strategic Plan<br />
To Prevent Violence<br />
<strong>Against</strong> Women<br />
2004<br />
in <strong>Texas</strong>
Eduardo J. Sanchez, M.D., M.P.H.<br />
Commissioner of Health<br />
1100 West 49th Street<br />
Austin, <strong>Texas</strong> 78756-3199<br />
http://www.tdh.state.tx.us<br />
1-888-963-7111<br />
Ben Delgado<br />
Chief Operating Officer<br />
Nicolas Curry, M.D., M.P.H.<br />
Executive Deputy Commissioner<br />
January 9, 2004<br />
The <strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health (<strong>TDH</strong>) is pleased to present “A Strategic Plan to Prevent Violence <strong>Against</strong><br />
Women in <strong>Texas</strong>”, a strategic plan developed by the Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women Prevention Advisory<br />
Committee (VAWPAC). This plan is the result of extensive work over the last year by the VAWPAC, a diverse<br />
group of community-based, public, nonprofit, health care, and research professionals and individuals that<br />
examined how the problems of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking could be addressed as a public<br />
health concern. The VAWPAC utilized <strong>Texas</strong> based research on prevalence and promising practices in<br />
prevention in order to develop recommendations about what can be done in <strong>Texas</strong> to prevent violence against<br />
women. They also used the results of a survey that looked at current primary prevention activities across the<br />
state.<br />
This strategic planning project was funded through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and<br />
Prevention (CDC) to the <strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health, Bureau of Women’s Health. This project focused on<br />
primary prevention of violence against women because in <strong>Texas</strong> there are already two state level agencies,<br />
the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> (TAASA) and the <strong>Texas</strong> Council on Family Violence (TCFV),<br />
that plan for and provide intervention services. These organizations worked closely with <strong>TDH</strong> in this strategic<br />
planning process.<br />
We wish to thank the members of the VAWPAC for their efforts and commitment to this project. We would<br />
also like to especially thank the representatives of TAASA and TCFV for their time and partnership.<br />
Violence against women is a critical public health concern in <strong>Texas</strong>. It is an issue that requires a<br />
comprehensive approach to prevention that goes beyond the current system. These recommendations can<br />
guide efforts to partner with individuals, organizations and communities in <strong>Texas</strong> to protect, promote, and<br />
improve health by working to reduce and eliminate interpersonal violence. <strong>TDH</strong> cannot begin to implement<br />
these recommendations alone. Implementation will require commitment from and the mobilization of<br />
individuals, organizations and communities. We look forward to our continued involvement with other <strong>Texas</strong><br />
partners and strongly encourage others to join with us in our collective efforts to end violence against<br />
women. Only by working together can we hope to see a day when women and children are spared the<br />
tragedy of interpersonal violence.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Debra Wanser, R.N., M.P.Aff<br />
Associate Commissioner for Family Health<br />
An Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Acknowledgements<br />
Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women Prevention Project Team Members<br />
Richard Casper, MPH<br />
Center for Health Training<br />
Annette Burrhus-Clay, MA<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong><br />
Melissa Davis<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning<br />
Division Center for Health Training<br />
Rose Hernandez, LMSW<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Council on Family Violence<br />
Paula J. McDermott, MPAff, MA<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning<br />
Division Center for Health Training<br />
Mary Chapman McIntosh, MEd<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning<br />
Division<br />
Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women Prevention Advisory Committee (VAWPAC) Members<br />
Cesar Alvarado<br />
Migrant Clinicians Network<br />
Margaret Brackley, PhD, APRN, BC<br />
University of <strong>Texas</strong> – Health Science Center at San<br />
Antonio<br />
Judy Brow, MA, MSSW<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse<br />
Cynthia Bunton, MS<br />
South <strong>Texas</strong> Family Planning and Health Corporation<br />
Noel Bridget Busch, PhD, LMSW, MPA<br />
University of <strong>Texas</strong> at Austin – Institute on Domestic<br />
Violence and <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong><br />
Swapna Chaudhuri<br />
Asians <strong>Against</strong> Domestic Abuse<br />
Alex A. Fisher, MEd<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Male Involvement<br />
Projects<br />
Liz Cruz Garbutt<br />
Department of Human Services – Family Violence<br />
Program<br />
Susan Griffin<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Medical <strong>Association</strong><br />
Lesley Guthrie<br />
Governor’s Commission for Women<br />
Crystal Heinz<br />
Austin SafePlace, Expect Respect School-Based<br />
Services<br />
John Hellsten, PhD<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Injury Epidemiology<br />
and Surveillance<br />
Jonathan Hook, PhD<br />
American Indian Resource Center<br />
Paula Kanter, RD<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Special Supplemental<br />
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children<br />
John Kim, LMSW<br />
Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse<br />
Cheri Lee<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Health Resources – Family Violence Prevention<br />
Initiative<br />
Lolly Lockhart, PhD<br />
Rural Health Initiative<br />
Cissy Lux, BSN, RNC, WHNP<br />
Health and Human Services Commission – Medicaid
Dena Miller<br />
Community Advocate – domestic violence<br />
William R. Moore, CAPT, USAF, LCSW<br />
Laughlin Air Force Base<br />
Jodi Park, LMSW-ACP, LPC<br />
Disability Policy Consortium<br />
Pam Rodgers<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Office of Attorney General – <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong><br />
Prevention and Crisis Services Program<br />
Tammy Sajak, MPH<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Injury Epidemiology<br />
and Surveillance<br />
Liliana Santoyo, MA<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department on Aging<br />
Cindi Shearer<br />
Community Advocate – domestic violence<br />
Sharon L. Walker, RN, MS, MPH, PhD<br />
Violence Intervention and Prevention Center –<br />
Parkland Hospital<br />
Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women Prevention Project Contributors<br />
Joe de la Cerda<br />
STARs – Students Taking Action for Respect<br />
TAASA Program<br />
Andrew Cooper<br />
STARs – Students Taking Action for Respect<br />
TAASA Program<br />
Emiliano Diaz de Leon<br />
Family Crisis Center – Men’s Nonviolence Advocate<br />
Travis Duke, MLIS<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning<br />
Division<br />
Greta Hillin<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong><br />
Victoria Hilton, MEd<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong><br />
Brooke Hinojosa<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Municipal Police <strong>Association</strong><br />
Heather Kamper<br />
Austin SafePlace – A Safety Awareness Program<br />
Susan Kolliopoulos, LCSW<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning<br />
Division<br />
Mary Ann Longenecker<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department on Aging<br />
David McLellan<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Library Services<br />
Carolyn Medina<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Library Services<br />
Ramdas Menon, PhD<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Research and<br />
Public Health Assessment<br />
Cheryl Nicholson<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning<br />
Division<br />
Marsha Robinson<br />
Community Advocate – <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong><br />
Bill Spears<br />
University of <strong>Texas</strong> – Health Science Center at<br />
San Antonio<br />
Pam Willhoite<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Council on Family Violence<br />
Kimberly Black Wisseman, LMSW<br />
Austin SafePlace – Disability Services<br />
Thandi ZiqubuPage, MPH, PhD<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Research and<br />
Public Health Assessment
Table of Contents<br />
Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7<br />
Foreword - Call to Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13<br />
Introduction - <strong>Texas</strong> Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women Prevention Project . . . . . . . .21<br />
Background paper - Literature Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27<br />
Plan for Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37<br />
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53<br />
Notes/Citations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59<br />
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73<br />
Appendices<br />
A- Plan Goals/Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A-91<br />
B - Survey Analyses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-97<br />
C - Additional Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-110<br />
D - Resource Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-113<br />
E - VAW -Related Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-119
Executive Summary<br />
A Strategic Plan<br />
To Prevent Violence<br />
<strong>Against</strong> Women<br />
in <strong>Texas</strong>
Executive Summary<br />
Executive Summary<br />
This Strategic Plan to Prevent Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women in<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> was developed as a tool to inform <strong>Texas</strong> stakeholders about<br />
recommendations and strategies to make primary prevention of<br />
sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking a public health<br />
priority in the state. The report outlines results from a participatory<br />
strategic planning process led by the Bureau of Women’s Health at<br />
the <strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health (<strong>TDH</strong>), involving key actors<br />
interested in improving the well-being of Texans by preventing these<br />
serious health crises. Primarily funded by the Centers for Disease<br />
Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and<br />
Control, this strategic plan serves as a blueprint for action in <strong>Texas</strong>.<br />
A Strategic Plan to<br />
Prevent Violence <strong>Against</strong><br />
Women in <strong>Texas</strong> was<br />
developed as a tool to<br />
inform <strong>Texas</strong> stakeholders<br />
about recommendations<br />
and strategies to make<br />
primary prevention of<br />
sexual assault, domestic<br />
violence, and stalking a<br />
public health priority in<br />
the state.<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> is the second largest state in the nation in both<br />
population and land size. The state has a diverse population – U.S.<br />
Census Bureau data (2000) indicate that Latinos/Latinas comprise<br />
over 50 percent of the population in 33 <strong>Texas</strong> counties. This report<br />
publicizes significant findings about the current status of sexual<br />
assault, domestic violence and stalking in <strong>Texas</strong>, emphasizing the<br />
unique experiences of Latinas who experience these types of<br />
violence. The report summarizes primary prevention efforts<br />
underway in the state, prevention goals and objectives, and<br />
concrete suggestions for how to address related priority issues. This<br />
strategic plan clearly identifies violence against women as a public<br />
health crisis that can be prevented using a public health approach,<br />
an approach that has been successful in addressing other complex<br />
health problems. The plan serves as a resource, providing<br />
background information including a framework for understanding<br />
causes for the violence, points of intervention, risk and protective<br />
factors and what current research points to as promising<br />
components of effective prevention efforts.<br />
Findings<br />
Violence against women presents a complex and costly<br />
problem for the state of <strong>Texas</strong>. Recent statewide prevalence studies<br />
report nearly 2 million Texans have been sexually assaulted in their<br />
lifetimes and fully 47 percent of Texans experience domestic<br />
violence in their lifetimes. In addition, 113 females were murdered<br />
by intimate partners in <strong>Texas</strong> in 2001, resulting in a state homicide<br />
rate for this type of crime well above the national average. The<br />
costs are extremely high, particularly for the public health sector,<br />
and current resources cannot support those who suffer the many<br />
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8
Executive Summary<br />
consequences of violence against women.<br />
Prevention efforts designed to stop sexual assault, domestic<br />
violence and stalking before they occur are just beginning in the<br />
state. Over the past twenty years, <strong>Texas</strong> has emphasized<br />
intervening to assist and protect victims and their families once<br />
violence occurs. Likewise, this seems to be the situation nationally<br />
and internationally, with advocates and public health entities just<br />
beginning to focus attention on developing concerted prevention<br />
strategies. Accordingly, little evidence exists to document what<br />
prevention efforts work.<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> can adopt what the most current research shows to be<br />
promising in preventing violence against women and can contribute<br />
to the field by evaluating existing and new activities. A survey<br />
conducted as part of this planning project found that organizations<br />
and clinics across the state have initiated activities to help prevent<br />
sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking; however, few<br />
prevention efforts in the state include serious evaluation components<br />
either of programmatic design or outcomes.<br />
The priority issues, recommendations and strategies<br />
emphasized in this strategic plan incorporate what current research<br />
shows to be most promising in violence against women prevention.<br />
Primarily, this means applying a spectrum of interventions focused<br />
on addressing societal, community, individual and relationship<br />
factors as well as engaging communities and survivors in design,<br />
implementation and assessment of culturally appropriate prevention<br />
activities. Based on the best information available, participants in<br />
the planning process defined three key issue areas as the focus for<br />
making primary prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence and<br />
stalking a public health priority; 1) resources, research and data 2)<br />
communities, systems and infrastructure and 3) public awareness.<br />
Resources, Research, and Data<br />
Access to and effective use of resources, research and data<br />
will help <strong>Texas</strong> prevent violence against women. Recommendations<br />
include: securing new resources and using existing ones collaboratively<br />
and creatively, evaluating and publicizing effective prevention<br />
activities in the state, setting clear outcome markers and assessing<br />
progress in reaching goals, conducting studies to fill information<br />
gaps, utilizing relevant evidence specific to <strong>Texas</strong> to implement<br />
appropriate policies and sharing and linking non-identifying data<br />
across systems. State entities including advocacy and health<br />
networks, universities and government agencies will need to work<br />
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Executive Summary<br />
closely with researchers, survivors and practitioners to address this<br />
issue area.<br />
Communities, Systems and Infrastructure<br />
Communities and systems must change infrastructure and<br />
practices to shift to a society that does not tolerate sexual assault,<br />
domestic violence, or stalking. The strategic plan emphasizes<br />
community-driven initiatives including collaborations with leaders,<br />
advocates, and nontraditional allies, facilitating social change<br />
organizing that leads to local sustainable action, supporting the<br />
development of innovative educational models and training based<br />
on the input of stakeholders and solid data. In addition, strategies<br />
involve the assessment, design and access to model administrative<br />
policies for sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking<br />
prevention across sectors. Public health related entities together with<br />
advocacy networks, community leaders, government systems and<br />
other state and local actors will need to facilitate implementation of<br />
these strategies.<br />
Public Awareness<br />
Multiple public awareness strategies designed with diverse<br />
input and applied in many different settings using various means of<br />
communication will help Texans understand sexual assault, domestic<br />
violence and stalking as public health crises. The strategic plan<br />
recommends involving men in message design and implementation,<br />
using community-informed public awareness campaigns, carefully<br />
educating and screening clients in health care settings and<br />
promoting effective anti-bullying efforts. All efforts should be<br />
carefully evaluated and adapted based on research. Again, many<br />
state and community leaders will have to work together, including<br />
stakeholders in youth education and health care, to appropriately<br />
inform the population at large and stimulate action.<br />
Action and Sustainability<br />
The plan for action summarized above condenses more<br />
specific goals and objectives created by the Violence <strong>Against</strong><br />
Women Prevention Advisory Committee (VAWPAC), now called the<br />
Interpersonal Violence Prevention Collaborative (IVPC), representing<br />
wider input from their constituents. The more detailed document<br />
appears in an appendix of this report and serves as an additional<br />
resource in the emerging statewide initiative to focus on prevention<br />
of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking as public health<br />
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Executive Summary<br />
issues. This report contains an extensive bibliography of current<br />
related research, analyses of the state stakeholder survey of existing<br />
primary prevention efforts and needs, a record of stakeholders<br />
involved in the planning process, a resource guide of programs<br />
underway in the state and nationally and links to many internet<br />
sites with relevant information.<br />
Many stakeholders have already committed to working<br />
together to focus on making primary prevention of violence against<br />
women a public health priority by signing on to participate in the<br />
implementation of pieces of the plan for action presented here. In<br />
addition, many more will be invited to participate in the next phase<br />
of this initiative. This strategic plan was developed by building on<br />
the experience and knowledge of those committed to ending sexual<br />
assault, domestic violence and stalking in <strong>Texas</strong>. It will be<br />
implemented only through sustained commitment, creative use of<br />
resources and continued collaboration, respecting each Texan’s<br />
ability to help solve these serious health problems.<br />
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FOREWARD - CALL TO ACTION<br />
A Strategic Plan<br />
To Prevent Violence<br />
<strong>Against</strong> Women<br />
in <strong>Texas</strong>
FOREWARD - Call To Action<br />
WHY VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN?<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> currently faces health crises of enormous magnitude that<br />
stem from sexual assault, domestic violence 1 and stalking, often<br />
collectively referred to as violence against women (VAW). The sheer<br />
size of these problems, along with their associated costs, and the<br />
complexity of factors that interact to make them so pervasive<br />
requires immediate attention. The public health sector can lead<br />
concerted multi-disciplinary efforts to stop sexual assault, domestic<br />
violence, and stalking in <strong>Texas</strong> by applying primary prevention<br />
strategies. No individual, community, or sector in the state is<br />
immune to these preventable health crises, making every man,<br />
woman and child living in <strong>Texas</strong> a stakeholder in ending the<br />
violence. In addition, <strong>Texas</strong> faces particular challenges and<br />
opportunities in addressing VAW because of the rich diversity of its<br />
population. <strong>Texas</strong> shares its southern border with Mexico, and<br />
Latinos/Latinas and African Americans comprise a significant<br />
percentage of the state’s population. This cultural diversity calls for<br />
an in-depth understanding and consideration of cultural<br />
competency in addressing VAW in the state.<br />
Scope of the Problems<br />
In 2002, researchers conducted the first-ever representative<br />
surveys of sexual assault and domestic violence prevalence in<br />
<strong>Texas</strong>, providing critical state-level data that help define the<br />
problems. 2 The health survey focusing on sexual assault found that<br />
nearly 2 million Texans have been sexually assaulted in their<br />
lifetimes and that nearly one in ten Texan girls were assaulted<br />
before they reached age 14. 3 The domestic violence study reports<br />
the problem as an epidemic in <strong>Texas</strong>, with fully 47 percent of all<br />
Texans having been abused in their lifetimes. 4 Both studies confirm<br />
that these forms of violence go vastly underreported. 5 Moreover,<br />
findings correspond with international statistics that show that onethird<br />
of all women are physically or sexually abused in their<br />
lifetimes. 6<br />
Many who live with<br />
violence day in and day<br />
out assume that it is an<br />
intrinsic part of the<br />
human condition. But this<br />
is not so. Violence can be<br />
prevented. Violent<br />
cultures can be turned<br />
around.<br />
World Health Organization:<br />
World Report on Violence and Health<br />
The public health sector<br />
must lead concerted multidisciplinary<br />
efforts to stop<br />
sexual assault, demostic<br />
violence and stalking in<br />
<strong>Texas</strong>, employing a<br />
multitude of primary<br />
prevention strategies.<br />
The large number of rape,<br />
physical assault, and<br />
stalking victimizations<br />
committed against women<br />
each year…strongly<br />
suggest that violence<br />
against women is<br />
endemic.<br />
National Institute of Justice<br />
The most reliable national data of nonfatal rapes, physical<br />
assaults and stalking available in the United States come from the<br />
National Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women Survey (NVAWS) conducted<br />
from November 1995 to May 1996. 7 Results show that in this<br />
country perpetrators (overwhelmingly men) commit physical<br />
violence against nearly 52 percent of women, while rape or<br />
attempted rape is committed against 18 percent of women in their<br />
lifetimes and approximately 1 million women are stalked annually<br />
in the United States. 8 Women sustain injuries requiring medical<br />
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FOREWARD - Call To Action<br />
Ninety percent of all rapes<br />
are planned and, in 87<br />
percent of the cases the<br />
assailant either carried a<br />
weapon or threatened the<br />
victim with death or bodily<br />
injury if she resisted.<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong><br />
& <strong>Texas</strong> Office of the Attorney General<br />
At least 80 percent of<br />
stalkers are men who are<br />
primarily targeting<br />
women. These men are<br />
young to middle-aged,<br />
with above average<br />
intelligence.<br />
Because health care costs<br />
account for more than<br />
two-thirds of total cost<br />
estimates, clearly the<br />
public health sector must<br />
take action.<br />
Many factors interact that<br />
contribute to the ongoing<br />
pervasive existence of<br />
these forms of violence,<br />
making it difficult to<br />
pinpoint where and how<br />
to end it.<br />
attention in a high percentage of both sexual and physical assaults<br />
and intimate partners are most likely to commit the violence. 9<br />
NVAWS report authors find violence against women endemic in the<br />
United States and a major public health concern with important<br />
policy implications. 10<br />
While most females who are assaulted survive the violence,<br />
men kill many women each year. According to 2001 reported data,<br />
intimate partners murdered nearly one woman per day in the<br />
United States. 11 In <strong>Texas</strong>, males took the lives of 113 females in<br />
2001 producing a state homicide rate well above the national<br />
average; 91 percent of the men knew the females they killed. 12 In<br />
2002 intimate partners killed more than two women every week in<br />
<strong>Texas</strong>. 13 While a system for estimating statewide costs of violence<br />
against women has not been developed, a recent national analysis<br />
of intimate partner violence (including homicides) yields evidence of<br />
the economic scope of the problem.<br />
Costs<br />
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a<br />
report in March 2003 analyzing NVAWS data and estimating the<br />
costs of intimate partner violence, 14 including lifetime earnings for<br />
fatalities derived from FBI homicide data. 15 They found that costs of<br />
intimate partner rape, physical assault and stalking exceed $5.8<br />
billion per year, with nearly $4.1 billion going for direct medical<br />
and mental health care. 16 In addition, the report estimates nearly<br />
$0.9 billion in lost productivity from nonfatal domestic violence, and<br />
$0.9 billion in lost lifetime earnings by those women killed by<br />
intimate partner violence. 17 These costs reflect only those derived<br />
from reliable data sources. The actual costs are very likely much<br />
higher, including untold intangible costs. 18 Because health care costs<br />
account for more than two-thirds of total cost estimates, clearly the<br />
public health sector must take action. However, the complexity of<br />
the issues involved presents challenges that go beyond any specific<br />
sector.<br />
Complexity<br />
Violence against women, while increasingly treated as a<br />
singular phenomenon, really involves many layers. First, it is<br />
difficult to classify, sometimes encompassing forced pornography,<br />
prostitution, forms of slavery, trafficking and other exploitation not<br />
reflected in sexual assault, domestic violence and/or stalking<br />
definitions. 19 In addition, children, elders and people living with<br />
disabilities of both sexes are often times extremely vulnerable to the<br />
same abuses categorized as violence against women. Of course,<br />
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FOREWARD - Call To Action<br />
men are also physically and sexually assaulted and sometimes<br />
denied quality assistance because services are designed for<br />
women. Moreover, many factors interact that contribute to the<br />
ongoing pervasive existence of these forms of violence, making it<br />
difficult to pinpoint where and how to end it. Violence affects all<br />
sectors of society, but it is not inevitable.<br />
WHY PUBLIC HEALTH?<br />
The health sector recognizes its special interest and key role in<br />
ending violence. <strong>Sexual</strong> assault, domestic violence and stalking<br />
lead to serious health consequences that cause significant economic<br />
and social burdens for the entire population. However, the health<br />
sector can build on its unique successes preventing other<br />
environmental and behavior-related health problems to focus on<br />
ending violence against women. 20<br />
Health Outcomes of VAW<br />
Where violence persists,<br />
health is seriously<br />
compromised.<br />
World Health Organization:<br />
World Report on Violence and Health<br />
Physical, sexual and<br />
psychological abuse occur<br />
in every country on a daily<br />
basis, undermining the<br />
health and well-being of<br />
many millions of people, in<br />
addition to costing nations<br />
vast sums each year in<br />
health care, legal costs,<br />
absenteeism from work<br />
and lost productivity.<br />
World Health Organization:<br />
World Report on Violence and Health<br />
Even though it is difficult to calculate actual costs, a growing<br />
body of evidence documents the many health outcomes of violence<br />
against women (see figure 1). 21 Violent acts result in death for<br />
females throughout the world every day, with homicide the most<br />
obvious cause of death, while suicide, maternal mortality, AIDSrelated<br />
and deaths attributed to “accidents” also contribute to fatal<br />
outcomes. 22 Studies show that pregnant women suffer high rates of<br />
abuse with profound consequences (including miscarriage) with<br />
homicide the leading cause of mortality for women in the pre- and<br />
post delivery time period of pregnancies. 23 However, more often<br />
females survive violence but experience a whole host of nonfatal,<br />
yet often devastating health outcomes, including reproductive health<br />
problems, chronic conditions and a multitude of physical, mental<br />
and behavioral consequences contributing to negative health. 24<br />
Accordingly, the international and national entities responsible for<br />
the well-being of the population have prioritized ending violence<br />
against women.<br />
Role of Health Sector<br />
In 2002 the World Health Organization (WHO) published the<br />
first world report on violence and health, declaring violence a<br />
worldwide public health problem. 25 The landmark report publicizes<br />
Resolution WHA49.25, passed by the 49 th World Health Assembly,<br />
making prevention of violence a public health priority. 26 Although<br />
the WHO report includes self-directed and collective violence in<br />
addition to interpersonal violence, it makes a good case for using<br />
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FOREWARD - Call To Action<br />
Studies show that<br />
pregnant women suffer<br />
high rates of abuse with<br />
profound consequences<br />
(including miscarriage)<br />
with homicide the leading<br />
cause of mortality for<br />
women in the pre- and<br />
post delivery time period<br />
of pregnancies.<br />
the public health approach to address violence against women,<br />
emphasizing primary prevention and the intersections of different<br />
forms of violence.<br />
Similarly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<br />
(CDC), the U.S. public health entity within the Department of Health<br />
and Human Services, continues to strengthen its commitment to<br />
ending violence against women through its National Center for<br />
Injury Prevention and Control. 27 The CDC, as the lead agency<br />
responsible for implementing the violence and abuse prevention<br />
related objectives outlined in Healthy People 2010, 28 prioritizes<br />
filling the gaps that impede the public health response to preventing<br />
sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking. 29 Accordingly, they<br />
fund efforts to collect reliable data and evaluate existing and<br />
potential intervention strategies in order to better define risk and<br />
protective factors and widely disseminate information about<br />
effective prevention efforts. The CDC stresses the public health<br />
approach to ending violence, emphasizing multidisciplinary,<br />
community-driven, comprehensive prevention efforts. 30<br />
Figure 1: Health Outcomes of Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women<br />
Partner Abuse<br />
<strong>Sexual</strong> Abuse<br />
Child <strong>Sexual</strong> Abuse<br />
Fatal<br />
Outcomes<br />
Nonfatal Outcomes<br />
• Homicide<br />
• Suicide<br />
• Maternal mortality<br />
• AIDS related<br />
Physical Health<br />
• Injury<br />
• Functional impairment<br />
• Physical symtoms<br />
• Poor subjective health<br />
• Permanent disabilty<br />
• Severe obesity<br />
Negative Health<br />
Behaviors<br />
• Smoking<br />
• Alcohol and drug abuse<br />
• <strong>Sexual</strong> risk-taking<br />
• Phyisical inactivity<br />
• Overeating<br />
Source: Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHAGE) Population Report<br />
Chronic Conditions<br />
• Chronic pain syndromes<br />
• Irritable bowel<br />
syndrome<br />
• Gastrointestinal<br />
disorders<br />
• Somatic complaints<br />
• Fibromyalgia<br />
Reproductive Health<br />
• Unwanted pregnancy<br />
• STD/HIV<br />
• Gynecological disorders<br />
• Unsafe abortion<br />
• Pregnancy<br />
complications<br />
• Miscarriage/low birth<br />
weight<br />
• Pelvic inflammatory<br />
disease<br />
Mental Health<br />
• Post-traumatic stress<br />
• Depression<br />
• Anxiety<br />
• Phobias/panic disorder<br />
• Eating disorders<br />
• <strong>Sexual</strong> dysfunction<br />
• Low self-esteem<br />
• Substance abuse<br />
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Primary Prevention<br />
The Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women Prevention Project focuses on<br />
primary prevention of violence against women. Recognizing <strong>Texas</strong>’<br />
leadership in providing intervention services and prevention efforts<br />
to reduce the reoccurrence of violence against women, 31 the project<br />
heeded the recommendations of major reports from the field that<br />
call for organized collaborative efforts to stop sexual assault,<br />
domestic violence and stalking before they occur – primary<br />
prevention. 32 In so doing, the state has the potential to build on<br />
existing infrastructure and knowledge of those experienced with<br />
mitigating violence to create new collaborations and galvanize<br />
efforts emphasizing primary prevention. Because serious efforts to<br />
end the complex problems associated with violence against women<br />
are only beginning, <strong>Texas</strong> also has the potential to serve as a<br />
leader nationally and internationally, providing critical data and<br />
documentation of primary prevention initiatives and outcomes.<br />
Due to the sheer size and<br />
complexity of the problems<br />
and their social and<br />
economic consequences,<br />
sexual assault, domestic<br />
violence and stalking<br />
affect the well-being of<br />
every sector, every<br />
community, every Texan.<br />
Focusing on primary prevention moves violence against<br />
women from being viewed as the problem of a specific group (i.e.,<br />
women) or from the domain of a specialized sector, into the more<br />
realistic realm of the general public. By definition, primary<br />
prevention relies on a proactive, evidence-based collaborative<br />
approach to direct many different strategies toward a universal<br />
audience. 33 Due to the sheer size and complexity of the problems<br />
and their social and economic consequences, sexual assault,<br />
domestic violence and stalking affect the well-being of every sector,<br />
every community, every Texan.<br />
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Introduction - <strong>Texas</strong> Violence<br />
<strong>Against</strong> Women Project<br />
A Strategic Plan<br />
To Prevent Violence<br />
<strong>Against</strong> Women<br />
in <strong>Texas</strong>
Introduction - <strong>Texas</strong> Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women Prevention Project<br />
Introduction – <strong>Texas</strong> Violence<br />
<strong>Against</strong> Women Prevention Project<br />
Vision: The primary prevention of domestic violence, sexual<br />
assault and stalking is a public health priority in <strong>Texas</strong>.<br />
Mission: To implement a comprehensive plan for the primary<br />
prevention of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking that is<br />
inclusive of all Texans and that includes strategies focusing on<br />
individuals and families, communities, state level organizations<br />
and government.<br />
This report pronounces<br />
the beginning of a<br />
determined initiative to<br />
implement a multitude of<br />
innovative strategies to<br />
make primary prevention<br />
of violence against women<br />
a public health priority in<br />
<strong>Texas</strong>.<br />
Principal Statements: Goals, objectives, and strategies aimed<br />
at the primary prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence and<br />
stalking will be appropriate for individuals and groups, taking into<br />
account attributes such as age, gender, culture, disabilities, sexual<br />
orientation, national origin, religious affiliation and socioeconomic<br />
status.<br />
The perspectives of those who have survived sexual assault,<br />
domestic violence and stalking will be integral to prevention efforts.<br />
This report marks the end of an intensive strategic planning<br />
period for a committed group of stakeholders concerned with<br />
ending sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking in <strong>Texas</strong>. At<br />
the same time it pronounces the beginning of a determined<br />
initiative to implement innovative strategies to make primary<br />
prevention of violence against women 34 a public health priority in<br />
<strong>Texas</strong>.<br />
In the fall of 2002, the Bureau of Women’s Health at the <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Department of Health (<strong>TDH</strong>), with funding from the Centers for<br />
Disease Control and Prevention, began a statewide process to focus<br />
on prevention of violence against women (VAW) and the role of<br />
public health. A multidisciplinary project team quickly formed. The<br />
team was made up of representatives from <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
<strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> (TAASA), <strong>Texas</strong> Council on Family Violence<br />
(TCFV), Center for Health Training (CHT) and the Epidemiology and<br />
Injury Prevention division of <strong>TDH</strong>. The organizing committee set out<br />
to facilitate a participatory process to create a prevention-oriented<br />
strategic plan that would lead to real action, represent the state’s<br />
unique characteristics and build on existing efforts.<br />
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Because personal as well<br />
as professional experiences<br />
were relevant to the<br />
process, the advisory<br />
committee utilized a<br />
community-organizing<br />
model for social change in<br />
their strategic planning<br />
and made decisions by<br />
consensus.<br />
Survey respondents<br />
representing diverse<br />
sectors, advocacy efforts<br />
and governmental entities<br />
expressed enthusiasm and<br />
a willingness to<br />
collaborate on primary<br />
prevention of violence<br />
against women in <strong>Texas</strong>.<br />
The project team sought to determine the current state of<br />
affairs in <strong>Texas</strong> and nationally. They looked at what prevention<br />
efforts exist, what works and what would help a coalition of<br />
stakeholders understand and plan strategies to accomplish such an<br />
enormous task. Extensive research, the creation, implementation<br />
and analyses of a statewide survey and the dedication of a diverse<br />
group of advocates during ten months all contributed to this<br />
strategic plan to make primary prevention of sexual assault,<br />
domestic violence and stalking a public health priority in <strong>Texas</strong>.<br />
Process<br />
The project team convened the Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women<br />
Prevention Advisory Committee (VAWPAC), a diverse group of<br />
approximately 30 individuals representing survivors of VAW,<br />
community-based organizations, statewide advocacy networks,<br />
professional associations, research institutes, health settings, law<br />
enforcement and governmental entities. 35 The VAWPAC met initially<br />
for a two-day conference and then monthly for daylong work<br />
meetings from April to September 2003, participating in<br />
workgroups between meetings. 36 Because personal as well as<br />
professional experiences were relevant to the process, the advisory<br />
committee utilized a community-organizing model for social change<br />
in their strategic planning and made decisions by consensus. 37<br />
In order to include as many communities as possible in the<br />
large population of <strong>Texas</strong>, a multitude of stakeholders were invited<br />
to participate in the process through a virtual council. Utilizing this<br />
method, more than 50 additional representatives of various<br />
geographical regions, organizations and groups were able to<br />
provide feedback throughout the process, receiving regular updates<br />
via email and having access to the detailed project web pages<br />
(including findings from the literature, meeting summaries, current<br />
data and relevant links).<br />
Accomplishments<br />
The advisory committee disseminated a survey of <strong>Texas</strong><br />
organizations and clinics entitled Primary Prevention of Violence<br />
<strong>Against</strong> Women that resulted in about 350 valid responses from<br />
throughout the state. 38 The questionnaire results illuminate the<br />
primary prevention activities in place in health settings as well as in<br />
various types of community and organizational settings, while<br />
providing excellent feedback on challenges and barriers to primary<br />
prevention. Generally, the survey found that prevention efforts are<br />
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underway in <strong>Texas</strong> in all three areas: sexual assault, domestic<br />
violence and stalking. Reflecting national trends, very little<br />
evaluation is currently in place for these efforts, and virtually no<br />
rigorous scientific assessment of prevention efforts was reported.<br />
Nonetheless, respondents representing diverse sectors, advocacy<br />
efforts and governmental entities expressed enthusiasm and a<br />
willingness to collaborate on primary prevention of violence against<br />
women in <strong>Texas</strong>.<br />
Survey results and an extensive review of research relevant to<br />
violence against women prevention led to the development of A<br />
Plan for Action for <strong>Texas</strong>.<br />
Future Directions<br />
As a result of this planning process, a strong foundation now<br />
exists for a diverse coalition of stakeholders to facilitate primary<br />
prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking in<br />
<strong>Texas</strong>. The <strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health through this initiative has<br />
shown leadership in bringing violence against women into the<br />
public health purview and the stage is now set to sustain that<br />
momentum.<br />
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Background Paper - Primary<br />
Prevention of Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women<br />
A Strategic Plan<br />
To Prevent Violence<br />
<strong>Against</strong> Women<br />
in <strong>Texas</strong>
Background Paper - Primary Prevention of Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women<br />
Introduction<br />
Texans can work toward primary prevention of violence<br />
against women (VAW) as a public health priority by applying<br />
evidence of strategies that best address related problems to the<br />
unique characteristics of the state. To that end, this section gives a<br />
brief overview of current research findings using a public health<br />
approach to preventing VAW while emphasizing findings relevant to<br />
the state. 39<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> and VAW<br />
A statewide health survey initiated by the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
<strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> (TAASA) and the Office of the Attorney<br />
General (OAG) published in 2003, found that more than two million<br />
Texans experience sexual assault in their lifetimes. 40 The <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Council on Family Violence (TCFV) reports domestic violence<br />
occurring in epidemic proportions in the state. 41 Every week, at<br />
least two abusive men kill their female intimate partners in <strong>Texas</strong>. 42<br />
Every week, at least two<br />
abusive men kill their<br />
female intimate partners<br />
in <strong>Texas</strong>.<br />
Two out of every five<br />
Latina <strong>Texas</strong> women<br />
experience severe abuse in<br />
their lifetimes and one of<br />
every five Latinas in the<br />
state is forced to have sex<br />
against her will.<br />
<strong>Texas</strong>, the second largest state in the nation in population and<br />
land size, contains three of the biggest cities in the United States as<br />
well as vast, sparsely populated regions. 43 In addition, <strong>Texas</strong> boasts<br />
a diverse population. U.S. Census Bureau data (2000) predict that<br />
the Latina/Latino population of the state will grow to 38 percent of<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> inhabitants by 2026, with ethnic minorities representing 62<br />
percent of metropolitan area populations. African-Americans makeup<br />
at least twice the state percentage (more than 23 percent) in 11<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> counties and Latinos comprise over half the population in 33<br />
counties. 44 Recent studies find that all ethnic groups in the state,<br />
both in rural and urban areas, suffer from VAW. 45 For example, two<br />
out of every five Latina <strong>Texas</strong> women experience severe abuse in<br />
their lifetimes and one of every five Latinas in the state is forced to<br />
have sex against her will. 46 <strong>Texas</strong> serves as a model in the nation,<br />
having developed a vast network of support services for residents<br />
despite the state’s geographic and size challenges. 47 Even so, access<br />
to services can be problematic. The <strong>Texas</strong> Department of Human<br />
Services found that support programs reached only about five<br />
percent of <strong>Texas</strong> women estimated to have been battered in 2001. 48<br />
In addition, 18 percent of Texans requesting shelter from domestic<br />
violence were turned away in 2002 due to lack of space. 49<br />
Current resources cannot provide support for the number of<br />
Texans victimized by sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking.<br />
Concerted primary prevention efforts can, however, effectively<br />
begin to address the public health crisis VAW presents in the state<br />
of <strong>Texas</strong>.<br />
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Using the Public Health Approach to Prevent VAW<br />
As society recognizes VAW as a serious public health crisis,<br />
policymakers, health practitioners, researchers and anti-violence<br />
advocates are turning toward a public health approach to confront<br />
the complex problem of VAW. 5<br />
A public health approach to addressing a health problem<br />
(e.g., preventing premature death, disability and injury; reducing<br />
human suffering and medical costs; protecting a population)<br />
applies a systematic process to:<br />
1. Define the problem.<br />
2. Identify risk and protective factors.<br />
3. Develop and test prevention interventions.<br />
4. Implement and disseminate effective strategies. 51<br />
In addition, the public health approach is community-oriented,<br />
depending on collective action based on results from data and<br />
evidence. 52<br />
The science-based and interdisciplinary nature of the public<br />
health model, drawing from the fields of medicine, epidemiology,<br />
sociology, psychology, criminology, education and economics,<br />
make it particularly appropriate for the complex nature of VAW. A<br />
public health approach brings together the health, education, social<br />
services, justice and policy sectors to work in a collaborative effort<br />
for the prevention of VAW. 53<br />
Problem Definition<br />
Different types of interpersonal violence, such as abuse of<br />
children, elders, immigrants, gay men and lesbians, relate to each<br />
other in ways that may help inform those who develop efforts to<br />
end violence. Overwhelmingly, men commit violence against<br />
women. 54 Researchers and practitioners differ in defining VAW<br />
precisely, but generally, sexual assault, domestic violence and<br />
stalking make-up the major areas included in the scope of VAW<br />
research literature and the CDC has published references to help<br />
standardize definitions. 55 Nevertheless, current <strong>Texas</strong> research<br />
shows that public perception of each of these problems varies<br />
widely. 56<br />
The complex nature of sexual assault, domestic violence and<br />
stalking makes it difficult to understand the many factors that may<br />
contribute to the problems’ occurrence; likewise, a multitude of<br />
theories attempt to explain why VAW exists as it does. Researchers<br />
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and practitioners in the field have successfully used a framework<br />
known as the ecological model to show how different theories<br />
about root causes of VAW coexist, and to examine the intersection<br />
of different risk and protective factors as well as potential key points<br />
where prevention efforts might prove effective. 57 The framework (see<br />
figure 2) shows the interplay between individual, relationship,<br />
community and societal factors that influence VAW while taking into<br />
account political, cultural and environmental causes. 58<br />
Risk and Protective Factors<br />
Violence against women crosses class, race, gender, and<br />
cultural constructs making it difficult to identify with certainty those<br />
things associated with a woman’s chance of being victimized (risk<br />
factors), or those that help keep women safe from VAW (protective<br />
factors). 59 Furthermore, advocates and researchers caution that<br />
some factors traditionally associated with a woman’s risk (e.g.,<br />
isolation, mental illness, alcoholism) may actually result from the<br />
violence she experiences. Consequently, when exploring and<br />
reporting risk and protective factors it is important to take care not<br />
to contribute to public misperceptions that blame women for the<br />
abuse they experience. 60<br />
Increasingly, more attention has turned to identifying male risk<br />
factors for perpetrating violence. Negative peer relationships (i.e.<br />
peers who verbally encourage and support physical abuse of<br />
females) contribute significantly to the risk of male perpetration. 61<br />
Findings suggest that male abusers are more likely to be<br />
emotionally dependent, insecure, experience low self-esteem and<br />
are less likely to be able to control impulses. Male perpetrators are<br />
also likely to be depressed and exhibit signs of antisocial,<br />
aggressive and borderline personality disorders. 62<br />
When exploring and<br />
reporting risk and<br />
protective factors it is<br />
important to take care not<br />
to contribute to public<br />
misperceptions that blame<br />
women for the abuse they<br />
experience.<br />
A history of violence in the family of origin reportedly<br />
constitutes the most significant risk factor for both victimization and<br />
perpetration. The vast majority of perpetrators and victims report<br />
experiencing violence as children – either being beaten themselves<br />
or by witnessing abuse between parents. Poverty and associated<br />
stress, economic inequality within poverty settings (when one<br />
partner works/contributes more than the other), isolation and lack<br />
of social support (especially for women) and alcohol use by both<br />
men and women are other major risk factors on which many<br />
researchers agree. 63 New <strong>Texas</strong> research shows, however, that drug<br />
and alcohol use may not be a noteworthy risk factor for sexual<br />
assault victimization, but may be significant for perpetration. 64 This<br />
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does not take into account the possibility of increased risk of<br />
victimization due to drugs such as GBH, the “date rape drug,” or<br />
other drugs consumed without consent.<br />
Judith McFarlane, a <strong>Texas</strong>-based researcher in the public<br />
health field, has been involved with recent studies that assess risk<br />
factors for escalated abuse and those that lead to a woman’s<br />
chance of being killed by her abuser, femicide. 65 Findings support<br />
previous research showing a woman’s risk of being killed increases<br />
if the man abusing her has access to a firearm, 66 while other risk<br />
factors for femicide include estrangement, stalking, forced sex and<br />
abuse during pregnancy. 67<br />
VAW occurs at all socioeconomic levels, however, financial<br />
independence can protect women in some situations, while an<br />
arrangement where a woman works and her partner does not can<br />
constitute a risk factor. Education can be protective for both women<br />
and men, however some researchers assert that education levels<br />
need to be high before education becomes protective. Residing in<br />
communities with access to sanctuary (shelters or family support)<br />
and community norms against VAW (legal or moral pressure) has<br />
been found to be strong protective factors. 68<br />
Residing in communities<br />
with access to sanctuary<br />
(shelters or family<br />
support) and community<br />
norms against VAW (legal<br />
or moral pressure) has<br />
been found to be strong<br />
protective factors.<br />
Risk and protective factors continue to be explored in their<br />
complexities. Findings influence efforts to prevent and minimize<br />
VAW and should be applied carefully with an eye to cultural,<br />
gender and class biases.<br />
Developing and Testing Prevention Efforts<br />
Primary prevention refers to the public health strategy of<br />
working with the general population to stop a public health<br />
problem before it occurs. Traditional and current efforts to prevent<br />
VAW emphasize secondary and tertiary prevention efforts to<br />
reduce victims’ risks and minimize exposure to violence. 69<br />
Researchers and practitioners in the field of VAW and injury<br />
prevention have, however, begun shifting their focus to primary<br />
prevention in order to transform community beliefs and norms<br />
about VAW, with a vision to go beyond managing the violence,<br />
toward anticipating an end to men’s coercive and violent conduct<br />
toward women. 70<br />
The field of primary prevention to end sexual assault, domestic<br />
violence and stalking is still in a formative phase and has not been<br />
submitted to rigorous evaluation. In fact, the dearth of good<br />
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evaluation information poses a major obstacle for primary<br />
prevention of VAW. 71 Few programs have undergone long-term,<br />
comprehensive evaluations to determine what works in terms of<br />
prevention. The very nature of primary prevention presents a<br />
challenge to researchers because of the difficulty of measuring<br />
violence that does not occur. 72<br />
Researchers recommend longitudinal studies that measure<br />
behavior change (an actual decrease in the prevalence of VAW as<br />
opposed to simply heightened awareness) and a true collaborative<br />
relationship between the research team and community<br />
participants. 73 Some researchers and practitioners recommend that<br />
evaluation efforts come from an explicit theory used in developing<br />
the prevention activity itself. 74 Research on VAW prevention efforts<br />
emphasizes the importance of collaboration and focusing efforts on<br />
both males and females. 75<br />
Adoption and Dissemination of Effective Strategies<br />
Although a significant gap in long-term evaluations of<br />
primary prevention of VAW exists, research shows some promising<br />
trends. A growing body of research addresses program-specific<br />
evaluation activities, particularly sexual assault prevention<br />
programs. 76 Much of this literature focuses on outcome evaluation<br />
– measuring whether a program or effort has reached its goals and<br />
objectives. Many researchers point to the need for case studies of<br />
model programs or best practices, to which efforts can be<br />
compared. 77 However, in order to arrive at such “best practices,”<br />
long-term evaluation must be conducted with a variety of primary<br />
prevention efforts. Until that time, we cannot say for certain “what<br />
works” in the field of VAW prevention, but we can indicate with<br />
some confidence, “what seems to work” about prevention efforts.<br />
The very nature of<br />
primary prevention<br />
presents a challenge to<br />
researchers because of the<br />
difficulty of measuring<br />
violence that does not<br />
occur.<br />
Due to the devastating nature of VAW, stakeholders must work<br />
with the best information currently available (despite gaps) to<br />
develop and implement primary prevention efforts. Including and<br />
carefully reporting evaluation and outcome measures in all<br />
prevention efforts will contribute needed information about characteristics<br />
of effective strategies.<br />
Promising Practices in VAW Prevention<br />
The following summarizes promising trends and key<br />
components of VAW primary prevention efforts that will help <strong>Texas</strong><br />
implement priority recommendations.<br />
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Background Paper - Primary Prevention of Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women<br />
Cultural Competency<br />
Success in ending sexual<br />
assault, domestic violence,<br />
and stalking in the state<br />
depends on cultural<br />
competency during all<br />
stages of planning,<br />
implementation, and<br />
evaluation of prevention<br />
efforts.<br />
Given the diverse make-up of <strong>Texas</strong>, success in ending sexual<br />
assault, domestic violence and stalking in the state depends on<br />
cultural competency during all stages of planning, implementation,<br />
and evaluation of prevention efforts. Cultural competency goes<br />
beyond providing linguistically appropriate materials or services, as<br />
emphasized in an award-winning essay of a University of <strong>Texas</strong><br />
medical student that states:<br />
Competence encompasses an appreciation for the ways in<br />
which culture shapes a patient’s values, beliefs, and health<br />
behaviors; an understanding of how these…intersect with the<br />
health care system; and most importantly it involves action to<br />
devise interventions that meet the culturally unique needs of<br />
patients…to institutionalize cultural knowledge. 78<br />
Competency involves education and training but also policies<br />
and programs that involve people from different cultures in<br />
leadership roles.<br />
The <strong>Texas</strong> Council on Family Violence recently completed an<br />
extensive three-year assessment and planning process involving<br />
data collection, community audits, interviews with service providers<br />
and 34 focus groups with underserved populations. 79 They found<br />
that many groups face cultural barriers leaving critical needs<br />
unmet. Their plan includes specific recommendations to better serve<br />
people with disabilities, people who are elderly, people with mental<br />
illness, people with substance abuse problems, people who are<br />
immigrants, people of color and people who are lesbian, gay,<br />
bisexual or transgender (LGBT). Prevention efforts can build on<br />
<strong>Texas</strong>-specific findings related to different cultures and VAW.<br />
Traditional intervention and prevention activities often derive<br />
from a mainstream, white, middle class model. Research on cultural<br />
competence in VAW prevention activities suggests that those<br />
mainstream efforts are often ineffective with marginalized and<br />
disenfranchised populations. 80 Effective prevention efforts consider<br />
elements such as language, social mores, and access to<br />
information. Program content can be adapted appropriately to the<br />
needs of specific groups and can address the particular challenges<br />
and barriers they face. 81<br />
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Background Paper - Primary Prevention of Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women<br />
Engaging Survivors<br />
Thirty-odd years after the anti-violence movement coalesced in<br />
the 1970s, advocates and researchers acknowledge that aspects of<br />
the movement have strayed from its grassroots, woman-positive<br />
origins. Statistics on prevalence of VAW have not decreased<br />
significantly, and studies show that existing intervention services do<br />
not adequately meet the needs of many victims. Advocates worry<br />
that in overlooking the voices of survivors, intervention and<br />
prevention services may not have relevance for the general public.<br />
In response, the movement has begun to re-emphasize the essential<br />
perspectives of those who have survived sexual assault, domestic<br />
violence and/or stalking. TCFV and other coalitions have started<br />
“listening projects” where advocates ask survivors broad questions<br />
about their experiences in order to garner a more complete<br />
understanding of the nature of VAW and what can be done to<br />
prevent it from occurring. 82 Survivors increasingly participate in<br />
focus groups and take leadership on councils, boards and informal<br />
community groups that influence VAW prevention and intervention<br />
efforts. 83<br />
Advocates worry that in<br />
overlooking the voices of<br />
survivors, intervention and<br />
prevention services may<br />
not have relevance for the<br />
general public.<br />
Community Organizing<br />
Effective prevention efforts create networks of community<br />
groups, churches, public sector agencies, and educational settings<br />
in order to strengthen the movement. 84 Increasingly, practitioners,<br />
researchers and advocates acknowledge the need to stimulate<br />
citizen participation in collaborative social change movements to<br />
end VAW. The anti-violence movement generally now recognizes<br />
that those most affected by VAW – individuals, families and<br />
communities – are often left out of efforts to prevent violence.<br />
Traditionally, “experts” develop and implement solutions in a<br />
hierarchical manner, imposing programs and activities on target<br />
populations. Acknowledging that community members are the<br />
ultimate experts on VAW increases effectiveness of prevention<br />
efforts. Long ignored community residents and community-based<br />
organizations can provide critical guidance in developing, testing,<br />
and building public support for prevention programs that consider<br />
the complexity of diverse communities. 85 Citizen participation in<br />
formulating solutions to VAW ensures that prevention activities<br />
address overlapping problems (i.e. poverty and VAW, racism and<br />
VAW, etc.) and are relevant to community members. 86 Successful<br />
community organizing builds collective power to impact policies,<br />
bring about institutional change and eventually change social<br />
Citizen participation in<br />
formulating solutions to<br />
VAW ensures that<br />
prevention activities<br />
address overlapping<br />
problems (i.e. poverty and<br />
VAW, racism and VAW,<br />
etc.) and are relevant to<br />
community members.<br />
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Background Paper - Primary Prevention of Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women<br />
norms. 87<br />
Spectrum of Strategies and Actors<br />
Research on successful prevention of injuries and other health<br />
problems emphasizes the need to apply a spectrum of strategies<br />
involving many actors, including non-traditional allies in the<br />
development, implementation, and evaluation of efforts. 88 In<br />
addition to undertaking public awareness efforts and education to<br />
change individual behaviors, effective prevention efforts focus on<br />
systems and comprehensive solutions that also influence policy and<br />
legislation.<br />
Eventually these efforts<br />
will lead to a society that<br />
will no longer tolerate<br />
violence.<br />
For VAW prevention in <strong>Texas</strong> this means applying evidence of<br />
the influence health care professionals can have in helping people<br />
who suffer from VAW. Many people access the health care system<br />
who do not seek support from services specific to VAW, so health<br />
care professionals have the opportunity to educate and influence<br />
both men and women. In addition, advocates of VAW prevention<br />
promote involving men, including former perpetrators, in the<br />
dialog. 89 Effective prevention efforts focus on including men as<br />
essential allies in ending VAW. 90<br />
Conclusion<br />
Emphasizing primary prevention of VAW as a public health<br />
priority holds great promise for the state of <strong>Texas</strong> and beyond.<br />
Viewing the issues of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking<br />
through the lens of the public health model helps clarify the great<br />
need to focus resources and concerted efforts on stopping the<br />
violence before it occurs.<br />
Clearly defining these issues and the factors that contribute to<br />
their existence requires culturally competent action using a<br />
comprehensive approach. The problems occur at such high rates<br />
that they have become part of what is considered normal by many<br />
Texans. Trying to understand and stop VAW can seem<br />
overwhelming due to its complex nature. But the research shows<br />
that other complex health problems have been successfully<br />
addressed using a multidisciplinary, evidence-based, communitycentered<br />
public health approach. It is time to apply such a strategy<br />
to stop the violence and its devastating consequences in <strong>Texas</strong>.<br />
As stakeholders across the state implement the plan outlined in<br />
this document, Texans and others interested in stopping VAW will<br />
be able learn from the principles emphasized here. When survivors<br />
of VAW, community leaders and advocates from many affected and<br />
influential groups come together to plan, put into action, evaluate,<br />
and share prevention efforts and outcomes, the potential for change<br />
is significant. Eventually these efforts will lead to a society that will<br />
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Plan for Action<br />
A Strategic Plan<br />
To Prevent Violence<br />
<strong>Against</strong> Women<br />
in <strong>Texas</strong>
Plan for Action<br />
Plan for Action<br />
The many stakeholders who contributed to A Strategic Plan to<br />
Prevent Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women in <strong>Texas</strong> created this Plan for<br />
Action in an effort to ensure the timely implementation of steps to<br />
end sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking in <strong>Texas</strong>. Based<br />
on the best information available, the Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women<br />
Prevention Advisory Committee (VAWPAC) has defined priority<br />
issue areas, recommendations and strategies that form the Plan for<br />
Action. In addition to the general information on VAW prevention,<br />
the public health model and promising practices presented in the<br />
Background Paper, relevant research that contributes to the plan<br />
precedes the recommendations and strategies for each issue area:<br />
1) Resources, Research, and Data, 2) Communities, Systems, and<br />
Infrastructure, and 3) Public Awareness. In order to be successful,<br />
action partners will strive to incorporate culturally competent,<br />
data-driven information and the perspectives of those who have<br />
survived domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking into<br />
prevention efforts.<br />
To arrive at this initial Plan for Action the VAWPAC developed<br />
numerous specific goals and objectives detailed in Appendix A.<br />
Workgroups then proposed recommendations based on criteria,<br />
such as: importance, do-ability, community-driven, connection to<br />
public health, timing (foundation for further action), filling gaps,<br />
involvement of non-traditional allies/community leaders and<br />
primary prevention (not early intervention). The VAWPAC then<br />
discussed, amended, and came to consensus on this initial plan for<br />
action, intending to ultimately work for the implementation of all<br />
goals and objectives included in Appendix A.<br />
The partners listed under each recommendation are those that<br />
have already committed to some level of involvement in working to<br />
implement related strategies. More actors will be invited to<br />
participate on workgroups and in advisory roles. Estimated<br />
timelines for completion of related objectives can also be found in<br />
Appendix A.<br />
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Plan for Action<br />
Plan for Action<br />
RESOURCES, RESEARCH, and DATA<br />
Texans must have access to and utilize effectively, a multitude<br />
of resources, research and data in order to stop sexual assault,<br />
domestic violence and stalking.<br />
Significance:<br />
A public health approach to prevention applies strategies that<br />
demonstrate cost effective benefits for the most people possible in<br />
the community at large. Designing, implementing and evaluating<br />
prevention efforts based on the best information available cannot<br />
be overemphasized in trying to end violence against women in<br />
<strong>Texas</strong>. Every step of the public health prevention model defining the<br />
problem, identifying risk and protective factors, developing and<br />
testing prevention efforts, adopting and disseminating effective<br />
strategies rely on data and evidence. Only then can resources be<br />
used most effectively.<br />
Current Status:<br />
In <strong>Texas</strong> as elsewhere, big gaps in rigorous research,<br />
evaluation, and data collection make effective prevention efforts<br />
difficult to define or implement. Although many stakeholders<br />
engage in primary prevention efforts, few activities in the state<br />
currently emphasize culturally appropriate research and data<br />
collection. A survey of <strong>Texas</strong> organizations and clinics conducted as<br />
part of this strategic planning process found the majority of the<br />
almost 350 respondents do not engage in research or data<br />
collection. 91 Nonetheless, momentum seems to be gaining in<br />
recognizing the importance of directing resources toward these<br />
activities. 92<br />
Researchers recently conducted the first statewide evidencebased<br />
prevalence and awareness studies in <strong>Texas</strong> for both sexual<br />
assault and domestic violence with important implications for<br />
defining and ending these complex problems. 93 Notably, both<br />
surveys included important information about specific ethnic and<br />
age groups in the state, making them a good starting point for<br />
future research.<br />
Within <strong>Texas</strong>, well-respected university researchers and<br />
institutes contribute significantly to current information regarding<br />
risk and protective factors for potential victimization and<br />
perpetration, as well as the potential for health care professionals<br />
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to help prevent VAW. For example, Judith McFarlane at <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Woman’s University in Houston, together with colleagues, has<br />
contributed significantly to research assessing risk factors for<br />
femicide, health care professionals’ ability to prevent VAW,<br />
implications of intimate partner stalking, gun availability, abuse<br />
among Latina pregnant women and effects of VAW on children. 94<br />
Much of this research takes place in <strong>Texas</strong> among the state’s diverse<br />
population and involves high levels of collaboration. Likewise, state<br />
agencies are increasingly working together and with service<br />
providers, research institutes and advocates to create shared<br />
methods of tracking important data.<br />
Future Directions:<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> stakeholders want to know what works to end sexual<br />
assault, domestic violence and stalking in their communities so that<br />
they may utilize limited resources effectively and garner support for<br />
funding successful strategies. They plan to collect culturally<br />
appropriate data through research that includes community<br />
engagement, longitudinal studies and assessment of clearly defined<br />
outcome markers, in order to understand, design, implement and<br />
evaluate prevention efforts. In so doing, <strong>Texas</strong> will demonstrate<br />
leadership in contributing to national and international efforts to<br />
better understand the complexities of violence against women, while<br />
providing badly needed evidence of strategies that show promise in<br />
ending sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking.<br />
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Plan for Action<br />
Plan for Action<br />
RESOURCES, RESEARCH, and DATA<br />
Texans must have access to, and utilize effectively, a multitude<br />
of resources, research and data in order to stop sexual assault,<br />
domestic violence and stalking.<br />
Recommendation:<br />
Identify and secure necessary resources to implement the<br />
strategic plan.<br />
Strategies:<br />
1. Identify potential funding sources, write grant proposals,<br />
and publicize plan and successes.<br />
2. Use existing resources creatively.<br />
Partners:<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning Division, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong> <strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>, Department of Human<br />
Services – Family Violence Prevention Program, <strong>Texas</strong> Council<br />
on Family Violence, South <strong>Texas</strong> Family Planning Health<br />
Corporation, Migrant Clinicians Network<br />
Recommendation:<br />
Evaluate and report benefits of prevention activities for sexual<br />
assault, domestic violence and stalking in <strong>Texas</strong>.<br />
Strategies:<br />
1. Create workgroup of academic and state entities involved<br />
with relevant research/studies to develop <strong>Texas</strong>-specific<br />
cost estimates of sexual assault, domestic violence and<br />
stalking.<br />
2. Conduct an empirically based evaluation of existing<br />
prevention efforts in order to conduct a cost/benefit<br />
analysis.<br />
3. Build on current research to examine the relationship<br />
between social indicators and sexual assault, domestic<br />
violence and stalking.<br />
Partners:<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning Division, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong> <strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>, University of <strong>Texas</strong> –<br />
Institute on Domestic Violence and <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Department of Human Services – Family Violence Prevention<br />
Program, <strong>Texas</strong> Council on Family Violence, <strong>Texas</strong> Office of<br />
Attorney General – <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> Prevention and Crisis<br />
Services Program, South <strong>Texas</strong> Family Planning Health<br />
Corporation, Migrant Clinicians Network<br />
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Plan for Action<br />
Recommendation:<br />
Evaluate progress in making prevention of sexual assault,<br />
domestic violence and stalking public health priorities in<br />
<strong>Texas</strong>.<br />
Strategy:<br />
1. Create interdisciplinary workgroup to designate and assess<br />
outcome markers.<br />
Partners:<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning Division, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong> <strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>, <strong>Texas</strong> Department of<br />
Human Services – Family Violence Prevention Program, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Council on Family Violence, South <strong>Texas</strong> Family Planning<br />
Health Corporation, Migrant Clinicians Network<br />
Recommendation:<br />
Utilize <strong>Texas</strong>-specific research to implement policy that will aid<br />
in the prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence and<br />
stalking.<br />
Strategies:<br />
1. Form workgroup to prioritize policy initiatives (at the<br />
legislative, organizational and other levels) based on<br />
stakeholder input and existing research.<br />
2. Facilitate the effective use of existing research in advocating<br />
for the implementation of policy initiatives.<br />
Partners:<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning Division, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong> <strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>, <strong>Texas</strong> Council on Family<br />
Violence, Migrant Clinicians Network<br />
Recommendation:<br />
Share and link non-identifying data among systems in <strong>Texas</strong><br />
to support the prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence<br />
and stalking.<br />
Strategies:<br />
1. Create workgroup of diverse entities that collect and utilize<br />
data to identify available and missing data. Ensure that<br />
advocates aware of client confidentiality issues are part of<br />
decision-making process.<br />
2. Establish infrastructure for the ongoing exchange of<br />
appropriate prevention-oriented information.<br />
Partners:<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning Division,<br />
Department of <strong>Texas</strong> Human Services – Family Violence<br />
Prevention Program, South <strong>Texas</strong> Family Planning Health<br />
Corporation, Migrant Clinicians Network<br />
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Plan for Action<br />
Plan for Action<br />
COMMUNITIES, SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE<br />
Texans must work to change infrastructure and norms in their<br />
own communities and systems (social, economic, political) that<br />
allow sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking to occur,<br />
creating an environment that does not tolerate violence.<br />
Significance:<br />
Studies and literature concerned with ending violence against<br />
women emphasize the importance of directing prevention efforts<br />
toward multiple levels, working in many sectors of society<br />
simultaneously. Community engagement that stimulates collective<br />
action is critical to solving the complex problems of sexual assault,<br />
domestic violence and stalking. The people who form part of each<br />
community have the greatest potential to understand and influence<br />
the many variables, including infrastructure and system conditions<br />
that currently give rise to violence and those that will stop it.<br />
Current Status:<br />
Reviews of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking<br />
prevention efforts show that most programs and activities focus on<br />
influencing individual or relationship factors, with few efforts<br />
directed toward the community or societal levels. 95 At the same time<br />
the literature and practitioners emphasize collaboration and<br />
community-based organizing, pointing to the need for integrating<br />
primary prevention into governmental systems and public policies. 96<br />
Researchers highlight programs that: center on locally planned and<br />
directed actions, build on current successes, incorporate what<br />
resonates with the community, keep messages simple and<br />
emphasize diversity and collaboration with social systems (e.g. the<br />
workplace, faith-based organizations, neighborhoods, families and<br />
informal networks). 97<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> efforts seem to reflect these findings. The VAW primary<br />
prevention survey found that current efforts center on changing<br />
individual knowledge and behavior with about half the respondents<br />
organizing community-based efforts (mostly teaching or training) to<br />
prevent sexual assault and domestic violence. Higher percentages<br />
of stakeholders report collaborating with other groups, local<br />
leaders, and advocates. Few respondents emphasize high-visibility<br />
community-led prevention efforts, though anecdotally much<br />
enthusiasm stems from these types of activities in <strong>Texas</strong>. In addition,<br />
although over half of respondents report administrative policies that<br />
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Plan for Action<br />
address sexual assault and domestic violence, only a third of<br />
stakeholders know of stalking-related organizational policies.<br />
Stakeholders do little to influence legislative and public policies,<br />
according to survey results. 98<br />
Future Directions:<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> recognizes the integral role of communities and systems<br />
in creating the conditions that either allow or prevent sexual<br />
assault, domestic violence and stalking. Stakeholders plan to<br />
engage local community leaders, administrators and advocates in<br />
order to change policies, infrastructure and norms to stop violence<br />
against women before it occurs.<br />
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Plan for Action<br />
Plan for Action<br />
COMMUNITIES, SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE<br />
Texans must work to change infrastructure and norms in their<br />
own communities and systems (social, economic, political) that<br />
allow sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking to occur,<br />
creating an environment that does not tolerate violence.<br />
Recommendation:<br />
Facilitate community-based collaborations to address the<br />
prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking.<br />
Strategies:<br />
1. Convene groups of traditional and nontraditional<br />
stakeholders including representatives of government and<br />
community-based organizations.<br />
2. Utilize the Popular Education for Social Change Model to<br />
facilitate community input and committed partnerships.<br />
Partners:<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning Division, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Office of Attorney General – <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> Prevention and<br />
Crisis Services Program, <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong><br />
<strong>Assault</strong>, <strong>Texas</strong> Council on Family Violence, <strong>Texas</strong> Commission<br />
on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, South <strong>Texas</strong> Family Planning<br />
Health Corporation, Migrant Clinicians Network<br />
Recommendation:<br />
Include prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence and<br />
stalking in administrative policies of the for-profit, not-forprofit<br />
and governmental sectors.<br />
Strategies:<br />
1. Encourage state and local institutions to conduct internal<br />
reviews and assessments of existing policies related to<br />
sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking.<br />
2. Identify, develop and provide access to model policies via<br />
web-based and other communication means.<br />
Partners:<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning Division, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Department of Health – Women Infants & Children, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong> <strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>, <strong>Texas</strong> Council on Family<br />
Violence, South <strong>Texas</strong> Family Planning Health Corporation,<br />
Migrant Clinicians Network<br />
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Plan for Action<br />
Recommendation:<br />
Train personnel of local and state institutions about sexual<br />
assault, domestic violence and stalking and its prevention.<br />
Strategies:<br />
1. Provide web-based and other access to relevant training<br />
curricula for use by state and local institutions<br />
2. Emphasize training within health care settings, educational<br />
institutions, and nontraditional locations.<br />
Partners:<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning Division, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Department of Health – Women Infants & Children, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Office of Attorney General – <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> Prevention and<br />
Crisis Services Program, <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong><br />
<strong>Assault</strong>, South <strong>Texas</strong> Family Planning Health Corporation,<br />
Migrant Clinicians Network<br />
Recommendation:<br />
Provide educational materials for local and state institutions<br />
and their constituencies about sexual assault, domestic<br />
violence and stalking.<br />
Strategies:<br />
1. Identify and develop high quality and community-driven<br />
educational materials.<br />
2. Provide web-based and other access to educational<br />
materials.<br />
3. Emphasize health care settings, educational institutions and<br />
non-traditional organizations for distribution of materials.<br />
Partners:<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning Division, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Department of Health – Women Infants & Children, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong> <strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>, South <strong>Texas</strong> Family<br />
Planning Health Corporation, Migrant Clinicians Network,<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Office of Attorney General – <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> Prevention<br />
and Crisis Services Program<br />
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Plan for Action<br />
Plan for Action<br />
PUBLIC AWARENESS<br />
Texans must understand sexual assault, domestic violence, and<br />
stalking as public health crises and emphasize primary prevention<br />
interventions that create nonviolent norms and behavior in the<br />
population at large.<br />
Significance:<br />
In order for the population to engage in collective action to<br />
end public health crises, the community at large must understand<br />
the problems (their roots, definitions and prevalence) as well as<br />
each person’s role in contributing to the existence or ending of the<br />
crisis. A spectrum of interventions that goes beyond educational<br />
materials are required in order to raise public awareness of<br />
complex issues like sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking. 99<br />
Current Status:<br />
Recent statewide studies examining Texans’ perceptions of<br />
sexual assault and domestic violence found many differing levels of<br />
understanding of the problems. 100 Not only do Texans diverge<br />
dramatically in the way they define abuse, but they also vary in<br />
their interpretation of risk and protective factors for both<br />
perpetrators and victims. Nonetheless, survey respondents<br />
overwhelmingly expressed great concern about both issues and do<br />
not believe the state of <strong>Texas</strong> is doing enough to address sexual<br />
assault or domestic violence.<br />
Generally, public awareness efforts strive to promote<br />
individual action and change social norms that deem violence<br />
against women acceptable. 101 Campaigns aim to create social<br />
expectations for non-violent behavior, change attitudes about risk<br />
and consequences of taking action and promote through<br />
demonstration the expectation that people can make changes. 102<br />
Activities that expose the population repeatedly to related messages<br />
have culminated in changed attitudes and beliefs. 103 Recent<br />
grassroots efforts where men take the lead in visibly standing up<br />
against abuse of women have been very effective, as have efforts<br />
to change related policy through associate media coverage and<br />
education. 104<br />
Screening clients in health care settings, particularly for<br />
victimization has become a standard practice in many states and<br />
proponents believe it helps many survivors of abuse access help<br />
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they may not otherwise seek. 105 Recent research shows that even<br />
brief discussions about VAW in health care settings can improve<br />
women’s safety and prevent abuse. 106 Additionally, universal<br />
screening of all males and females may serve as an excellent way<br />
to raise awareness about sexual assault, domestic violence and<br />
stalking especially because the public generally respects health care<br />
professionals. 107 However, many dilemmas accompany the issue of<br />
universal screening and there are those who oppose screening<br />
believing it may actually introduce risks for clients. 108 Very little<br />
literature exists on screening men or women for perpetration,<br />
though this may also be a useful prevention tool. 109<br />
In <strong>Texas</strong>, it seems the majority of prevention efforts focused on<br />
raising public awareness center on providing educational materials<br />
and training. 110 Although some excellent media campaigns have<br />
been introduced to raise awareness in <strong>Texas</strong> about sexual assault<br />
and domestic violence, 111 a small percentage of stakeholders report<br />
engaging in these types of activities or other high-visibility<br />
community directed efforts.<br />
Future Directions:<br />
Stakeholders must have access to a spectrum of appropriate<br />
public awareness interventions in <strong>Texas</strong>. Engaging communities to<br />
help design, evaluate, and improve strategies to end sexual assault,<br />
domestic violence and stalking will increase understanding of the<br />
problems and solutions among the people living in the state.<br />
Diverse state entities and local stakeholders will need to work with<br />
advocates to address this critical issue area.<br />
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Plan for Action<br />
Plan for Action<br />
PUBLIC AWARENESS<br />
Texans must understand sexual assault, domestic violence, and<br />
stalking as public health crises and emphasize primary prevention<br />
interventions that create nonviolent norms and behavior in the<br />
population at large.<br />
Recommendation:<br />
Create positive prevention messages/campaigns for men and<br />
by men.<br />
Strategies:<br />
1. Involve men in all stages of development of public<br />
awareness campaigns through focus groups and other<br />
participatory methods.<br />
2. Utilize a wide spectrum of means and opportunities to<br />
engage men in stopping sexual assault, domestic violence<br />
and stalking.<br />
Partners:<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning Division, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Office of Attorney General – <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> Prevention and<br />
Crisis Services Program, <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong><br />
<strong>Assault</strong>, <strong>Texas</strong> Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, South<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Family Planning Health Corporation, Migrant Clinicians<br />
Network<br />
Recommendation:<br />
Use media campaigns to prevent sexual assault, domestic<br />
violence and stalking.<br />
Strategies:<br />
1. Employ community-driven research methods (e.g., Popular<br />
Education Model) to create effective and targeted<br />
messages.<br />
2. Develop campaigns directed toward multiple intervention<br />
levels (e.g., individual, relationship, community, society)<br />
with the goal of changing social norms and promoting<br />
individual action.<br />
Partners:<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning Division, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong> <strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>, South <strong>Texas</strong> Family<br />
Planning Health Corporation, Migrant Clinicians Network,<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Office of Attorney General – <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> Prevention<br />
and Crisis Services Program<br />
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Recommendation:<br />
Promote appropriate education and screening of clients in<br />
health care settings regarding sexual assault, domestic<br />
violence and stalking.<br />
Strategies:<br />
1. Identify evaluations of current screening efforts underway in<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> and the United States to determine appropriate<br />
health screening models.<br />
2. Provide access to evidence-based information on suitable<br />
screening tools for use by health care providers.<br />
Partners:<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning Division, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Department of Health – Women, Infants & Children, South<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Family Planning Health Corporation, Migrant Clinicians<br />
Network<br />
Recommendation:<br />
Promote anti-bullying efforts to prevent sexual assault,<br />
domestic violence and stalking.<br />
Strategies:<br />
1. Identify and develop evidence-based and age appropriate<br />
tools for incorporating anti-bullying messages into school<br />
curricula and extra-curricular activities.<br />
2. Involve and respect children and youth in the development<br />
of anti-bullying curricula.<br />
Partners:<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning Division, Austin<br />
Safe Place School-Based Services, <strong>Texas</strong> Commission on<br />
Alcohol and Drug Abuse, South <strong>Texas</strong> Family Planning Health<br />
Corporation, Migrant Clinicians Network<br />
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Plan for Action
Glossary<br />
A Strategic Plan<br />
To Prevent Violence<br />
<strong>Against</strong> Women<br />
in <strong>Texas</strong>
Glossary<br />
Glossary<br />
Batterers Intervention and Prevention Programs<br />
(BIPPs) – Programs targeting batterers and former batterers<br />
designed to intervene in patterns of violence and prevent future acts<br />
of violence toward intimate partners. Participants may be court<br />
ordered or self-referred to the programs.<br />
Community Based Organization – Formal or informal<br />
network or organization formed to further a specific mission in the<br />
community.<br />
Ecological Framework – An approach to social problems<br />
suggesting that causal factors are embedded in several levels of<br />
causality including the individual level, the relationship level, the<br />
community level and the societal level.<br />
Faith Based Organization – A formal or informal<br />
organization or network formed to support communities of people<br />
subscribing to a particular religion or genre of religion.<br />
Domestic Violence - Violence between intimates (e.g. spouses,<br />
domestic partners, boyfriends and/or girlfriends). Domestic<br />
violence usually involves a pattern of coercive behaviors including<br />
physical, sexual and psychological attacks used by one person to<br />
gain control and dominance over another person. Such behaviors<br />
can include degrading remarks, cruel jokes, economic exploitation,<br />
punches, kicks, false imprisonment, sexual abuse, suffocating<br />
actions, maiming assaults, stalking and homicide.<br />
Interpersonal Violence – violence inflicted by another<br />
individual or by a small group of individuals where there is no<br />
clearly defined political motive. The World Health Organization’s<br />
World Report on Violence and Health divides interpersonal violence<br />
into two categories:<br />
• Family and intimate partner violence - that is, violence<br />
largely between family members and intimate partners,<br />
usually, though not exclusively, taking place within the<br />
home.<br />
• Community violence - violence between individuals who<br />
are unrelated and who may or may not know each<br />
another, generally taking place outside the home.<br />
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Glossary<br />
Popular Education - A tool to raise people’s critical awareness<br />
about the world around them, based on their personal experience.<br />
Primary Prevention – Targeting the general population to stop<br />
a public health problem before it occurs in society.<br />
Priority Issue – An issue identified to be important because it is<br />
a prerequisite for other actions, it can be realistically accomplished<br />
and/or it addresses a glaring gap in existing efforts.<br />
Public Health – An effort organized by society to protect,<br />
promote and restore the people’s health through the application of<br />
science, practical skills and collective actions.<br />
Public Health Model – A systematic process to 1) define a<br />
public health problem; 2) identify risk and protective factors; 3)<br />
develop and test prevention interventions and strategies (including<br />
evaluation); and 4) implement and disseminate effective strategies.<br />
Secondary Prevention – Approaches that focus on the more<br />
immediate responses to violence, such as pre-hospital care,<br />
emergency services or treatment for sexually transmitted diseases<br />
following a rape.<br />
<strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> – The act of forcing any type of sexual activity<br />
onto a person against her/his will or engaging in sexual activity<br />
with someone who is unable to consent (e.g. a child, someone who<br />
has a disability or someone under the influence of alcohol or other<br />
drugs).<br />
Social Norm – A pattern or trait, attitude or belief taken to be<br />
typical in the behavior of a social group.<br />
Stalking - Repeated behaviors directed at a specific person which<br />
cause fear, involving visual or physical proximity; nonconsensual<br />
communication; verbal, written, implied threats or some<br />
combination.<br />
Strategic Plan – Goals, objectives, strategies and<br />
recommendations that create a framework for approaching a<br />
specified vision and mission.<br />
Tertiary Prevention – Approaches that focus on long-term care<br />
in the wake of violence such as revictimization, rehabilitation and<br />
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reintegration, and attempts to lessen trauma or reduce the longterm<br />
disability associated with a public health problem.<br />
Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women – Gender-based violence<br />
encompassing sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking<br />
directed toward females that demeans, injures or disempowers<br />
individuals or groups of women and/or girls.<br />
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Glossary
Notes/Citations<br />
A Strategic Plan<br />
To Prevent Violence<br />
<strong>Against</strong> Women<br />
in <strong>Texas</strong>
Notes/Citations<br />
1 This report uses the term domestic violence, recognizing that<br />
intimate partner violence and even family violence are terms used<br />
widely to represent the same, or similar, problems.<br />
2 Noel Bridget Busch et al., A Health Survey of Texans: A Focus on<br />
<strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>, Final Report (Austin, <strong>Texas</strong>: Institute on Domestic<br />
Violence & <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>, August 2003); and Saurage<br />
Research, Perceptions, and Awareness of Domestic Violence As<br />
Reported by Residents in the State of <strong>Texas</strong>: A Quantitative Study<br />
(Austin, <strong>Texas</strong>: <strong>Texas</strong> Council on Family Violence, August 2002).<br />
3 Busch et al., A Health Survey of Texans, p.iii. In 2001, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
reported 8,169 forcible rapes in the FBI’s Uniform Crime<br />
Reporting Program. See Crime in the United States – 2001.<br />
Available online: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/01cius.htm. Accessed:<br />
September 25, 2003.<br />
4 Saurage Research, Prevalence, Perceptions, and Awareness of<br />
Domestic Violence in <strong>Texas</strong>, Executive Summary (Austin, <strong>Texas</strong>:<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Council on Family Violence, February 11, 2003), p. 5.<br />
5 Busch et al., A Health Survey of Texans, p. iv; and Saurage<br />
Research, Executive Summary.<br />
6 Population Reports: Ending Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women, Center for<br />
Health and Gender Equity & Population Information Program<br />
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health,<br />
1999). Available Online:<br />
http://www.jhuccp.org/pr/l11/violence.pdf.<br />
7 Patricia Tjaden and Nancy Thoennes, Extent, Nature and<br />
Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence: Findings from the<br />
National Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women Survey (Washington D.C.: US<br />
Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs; 2000), publication<br />
NCJ 181867. Eight thousand women and 8,000 men, 18 years<br />
and older, were surveyed (the women’s survey also contacted<br />
4,829 ineligible households, 4,608 eligible households that<br />
refused to participate, and 351 interviews that terminated before<br />
completion yielding a 71 percent response rate, p. 7).<br />
8 Tjaden et al., Extent, Nature and Consequences.<br />
9 Ibid., pp. iii-v.<br />
10 Ibid., p. v.<br />
11 The Violence Policy Center analyzes the Supplementary<br />
Homicide Report (SHR) data submitted to the FBI’s Uniform<br />
Crime Reporting (UCR) Program each year to compare female<br />
murders by males in single victim/single offender incidents. See<br />
When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2001 Homicide<br />
Data (Violence Policy Center: Washington DC, September<br />
2003).<br />
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12 Ibid., Appendix Two – <strong>Texas</strong>. <strong>Texas</strong> consistently ranks among the<br />
15 states with the highest rates of male murders of females in<br />
single victim/single offender homicides (see<br />
www.vpc.org/studies for past analyses).<br />
13 Saurage Research, Executive Summary. <strong>Texas</strong> Council on Family<br />
Violence (TCFV) has compiled the names and stories of more<br />
than 100 women killed in <strong>Texas</strong> in 2002 by intimate partners<br />
(see http://www.tcfv.org/info_silenced.html or call 1-800-525-<br />
1978).<br />
14 No comparable report exists that includes costs for violence<br />
committed by individuals not considered intimate partners.<br />
15 National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC),<br />
Costs of Intimate Partner Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women in the United<br />
States, Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,<br />
2003. Available online: www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pubres/ipv_cost/ipv.htm.<br />
16 Ibid.<br />
17 Ibid.<br />
18 Ibid.<br />
19 The <strong>Texas</strong> Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women Prevention Advisory<br />
Committee (VAWPAC) will focus their efforts on ending sexual<br />
assault, domestic violence, and stalking for all Texans,<br />
recognizing that positive effects of prevention efforts will<br />
address other forms of violence like child abuse, violence<br />
against elders, and suicide.<br />
20 The health sector has successfully reduced the spread of sexually<br />
transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, and even tobacco use (all<br />
considered health crises) through application of a public health<br />
approach that focuses on prevention. See Healthy People<br />
2010, objectives 15.32 – 15.37. Available online:<br />
http://www.healthypeople.gov/document. Accessed: September<br />
15, 2003; Krug et al., World Report on Violence and Health, p.<br />
3; Linda Saltzman et al., “Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women as a Public<br />
Health Issue: Comments from the CDC,” American Journal of<br />
Preventive Medicine, Vol. 19, No. 4 (2000), p. 325.<br />
21 See for example, Population Reports: Ending Violence <strong>Against</strong><br />
Women; NCIPC, Costs of Intimate Partner Violence; and<br />
Jacquelyn Campbell et al., “Reproductive Health Consequences<br />
of Intimate Partner Violence: A Nursing Research Review,”<br />
Clinical Nursing Research, Vol. 9, No. 3 (August 2000), pp.<br />
217-237.<br />
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Notes/Citations<br />
22 See Population Reports: Ending Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women; and<br />
Etienne G. Krug et al., World Report on Violence and Health<br />
(Geneva: World Health Organization, 2002).<br />
23 Krug et al., World Report on Violence and Health, pp. 101-<br />
102.<br />
24 Ibid., pp. 100-102; and Population Reports: Ending Violence<br />
<strong>Against</strong> Women.<br />
25 Krug et al., World Report on Violence and Health.<br />
26 Ibid., pp xix-xxi.<br />
27 See NCIPC, CDC Injury Research Agenda. Atlanta, GA: Centers<br />
for Disease Control and Prevention, 2002; and Saltzman et al.,<br />
“Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women as a Public Health Issue,” pp. 325-<br />
329.<br />
28 See specifically Healthy People 2010, objectives 15.32 – 15.37.<br />
29 Ibid., p. 15-5.<br />
30 NCIPC. CDC Injury Research Agenda.<br />
31 See Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division, Violence<br />
<strong>Against</strong> Women Act: Statewide Implementation Plan 2001-2005<br />
(April 22, 2002); and <strong>Texas</strong> Council on Family Violence (TCFV),<br />
Access to Safety, Justice and Opportunity: A Blueprint for<br />
Domestic Violence Interventions in <strong>Texas</strong> (2002).<br />
32 See for example Krug et al., World Report on Violence and<br />
Health; NCIPC, Costs of Intimate Partner Violence; and Tjaden<br />
et al., Extent, Nature and Consequences.<br />
33 Krug et al., World Report on Violence and Health.<br />
34 Violence against women will be used throughout this strategic<br />
plan; however, the <strong>Texas</strong> Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women Prevention<br />
Advisory Committee (VAWPAC) will address sexual assault,<br />
domestic violence, and stalking whenever possible, recognizing<br />
that males and children also experience these types of violence.<br />
35 See the Acknowledgements section of this report as well as<br />
Appendix C for a list of participants.<br />
36 VAWPAC members demonstrated incredible commitment to the<br />
process, communicating frequently with workgroups and project<br />
staff between meetings, as well as serving as a conduit for the<br />
constituencies each was part of. When unable to attend<br />
meetings, members usually sent substitutes, yielding high<br />
attendance rates at meetings.<br />
37 The VAWPAC applied a popular education model for social<br />
change (outlined in the background paper section of this report)<br />
to strategic planning when possible and utilized organized<br />
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Notes/Citations<br />
consensus decision-making techniques described on the project<br />
website and available upon request.<br />
38 See Appendix B for survey analyses.<br />
39 For a more extensive literature review, please contact the Office<br />
of Special Projects in the Family Planning Division at the Bureau<br />
of Women’s Health, <strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health.<br />
40 Busch et al., A Health Survey of Texans, p. iii.<br />
41 TCFV, Access to Safety, Justice and Opportunity, p. 2.<br />
42 TCFV, Know the Facts: <strong>Texas</strong> Silent Witness Project. Online.<br />
Available: http://www.tcfv.org/killed_in_texas.htm. Accessed:<br />
November 4, 2003.<br />
43 U.S. Census Bureau, 2000.<br />
44 Ibid.<br />
45 Busch et al., A Health Survey of Texans, p. 1; and Saurage<br />
Research, Perceptions and Awareness of Domestic Violence, p.<br />
3.<br />
46 TCFV, Know the Facts: Abuse in <strong>Texas</strong>, p. 2. Online. Available:<br />
http://www.tcfv.org/killed_in_texas.htm. Accessed: November<br />
4, 2003.<br />
47 See TCFV, Access to Safety, for a thorough overview of domestic<br />
violence intervention services available throughout the 254<br />
counties in <strong>Texas</strong>. See <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong><br />
(TAASA). Online. Available: http://www.taasa.org for updated<br />
information about sexual assault services in the state.<br />
48 TCFV, Access to Safety, p. 2.<br />
49 Saurage Research, Executive Summary, p. 5.<br />
50 Jeffrey L. Edleson, “Primary Prevention and Adult Domestic<br />
Violence,” (paper presented at the meeting of the Collaborative<br />
Violence Prevention Initiative, San Francisco, CA – Feburary 17-<br />
18, 2000). Online. Available:<br />
http://endabuse.org/programs/children/files/prevention/Prim<br />
aryPrevention.pdf. Accessed: June 15, 2003; Krug et al.,World<br />
Report on Violence and Health.<br />
51 NCIPC, CDC Research Agenda, p. 1; Krug et al., World Report<br />
on Violence and Health, p. 4.<br />
52 Krug et al., World Report on Violence and Health.<br />
53 Barbara J. Hart.,Coordinated Community Approaches to<br />
Domestic Violence. Paper presented at the Strategic Planning<br />
Workshop on Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women, National Institute of<br />
Justice, Washington D.C.: March 31, 1995. Online. Available:<br />
www.mincava.umn.edu/hart/nij.htm. Accessed: April 24,<br />
2003.<br />
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Notes/Citations<br />
54 Tjaden et al., Extent, Nature, and Consequences, pp iii-v;<br />
Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF), The National<br />
Consensus Guidelines on Identifying and Responding to<br />
Domestic Violence Victimization in Health Care Settings (San<br />
Francisco: Family Violence Prevention Fund, 2002), p. 17.<br />
Online. Available: www.endabuse.org/programs. Accessed<br />
March 3, 2003.<br />
55 Kathleen C. Basile et al, <strong>Sexual</strong> Violence Surveillance: Uniform<br />
Definitions and Recommended Data Elements (Atlanta GA:<br />
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2002); Linda E.<br />
Saltzman et al., Intimate Partner Violence Surveillance: Uniform<br />
Definitions and Recommended Data Elements. (Atlanta GA:<br />
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2002).<br />
56 Busch et al., A Health Survey of Texans; TCFV, Access to Safety;<br />
and Saurage Research, Perceptions and Awareness of Domestic<br />
Violence.<br />
57 Krug et al., World Report on Violence and Health; Population<br />
Reports: Ending Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women; Lori L. Heise,<br />
“Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women: An Integrated, Ecological<br />
Framework” Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women, Vol. 4, No. 3 (June<br />
1998), pp. 262-290.<br />
58 The extended Background Paper: Primary Prevention of Violence<br />
<strong>Against</strong> Women for this project explains the ecological<br />
framework as it is applied to VAW (available via the Office of<br />
Special Projects in the Family Planning Division at the Bureau of<br />
Women’s Health, <strong>TDH</strong>).<br />
59 Rachel Jewke, “Intimate Partner Violence: Causes and<br />
Prevention,” The Lancet. Vol. 359. (April 20, 2002), p. 1423.<br />
60 TCFV reports that “…a majority of Texans demonstrate a<br />
willingness to blame victims for being abused …” (TCFV, Know<br />
the Facts: Abuse in <strong>Texas</strong>, p. 3 - online).<br />
61 Deborah Reitzel Jaffe and David A. Wolfe, “Predictors of<br />
Relationship Abuse Among Young Men,” Journal of<br />
Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 16, No. 2 (February 2001), p. 110.<br />
62 Krug et al., World Report on Violence and Health, p. 99.<br />
63 For an overview of risk factors for victimization and<br />
perpetration of VAW see: Jaffe et al.,“Predictors of Relationship<br />
Abuse Among Young Men,” p. 109; Jewke,“Intimate Partner<br />
Violence: Causes and Prevention,” pp. 1424-5; and Krug et al.,<br />
World Report on Violence and Health, p. 99.<br />
64 Busch et al., A Health Survey of Texans, pp. 30-32.<br />
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Notes/Citations<br />
65 Jacquelyn C. Campbell et al., “Risk Factors for Femicide in<br />
Abusive Relationships: Results from a Multisite Case Control<br />
Study,” American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 93, No. 7 (July<br />
2003), pp. 1089-97; and Judith McFarlane, et al., “Severity of<br />
Abuse to Pregnant Women and Associated Gun Access of the<br />
Perpetrator,” Public Health Nursing, Vol. 15, No. 3 (June 1998),<br />
pp. 201-206.<br />
66 Violence Policy Center, When Men Murder Women: An<br />
Analysis of 2001 Homicide Data, September 2003. Online.<br />
Available: http://www.vpc.org. Accessed: September 29,<br />
2003.<br />
67 Campbell et al., “Risk Factors for Femicide,” p. 1089.<br />
68 For an overview of protective factors for women’s victimization<br />
see: Jewke, “Intimate Partner Violence: Causes and Prevention,”<br />
p. 1424-5; and Krug et al., World Report on Violence and<br />
Health, p. 99.<br />
69 NCIPC, CDC Injury Research Agenda, p. 51.<br />
70 Hart, Coordinated Community Approaches to Domestic Violence<br />
(online), p. 3-4.<br />
71 David Wolfe and Peter Jaffe,“Prevention of Domestic Violence<br />
and <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>,” National Electronic Network on Violence<br />
<strong>Against</strong> Women (January 2003).<br />
72 Edleson, “Primary Prevention and Adult Domestic Violence;”<br />
and Wolfe and Jaffe, “Prevention of Domestic Violence and<br />
<strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>,” p.1.<br />
73 For an overview of promising trends in evaluation of VAW<br />
prevention efforts see: Paul A. Schewe and Larry W. Bennet,<br />
“Evaluating Prevention Programs: Challenges and Benefits of<br />
Measuring Outcomes,” in Preventing Violence in Relationships:<br />
Interventions Across the Life Span, ed. Paul A. Schewe<br />
(Washington, D.C.: American Psychological <strong>Association</strong>, 2002)<br />
pp.247-265; Deborah L. Shapiro and Alicia Rinaldi, “Achieving<br />
Successful Collaboration in the Evaluation of <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong><br />
Prevention Programs,” Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women, Vol. 7, No. 10<br />
(October 2001); Elizabeth A. Yeater and William O’Donohue,<br />
“<strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> Prevention Programs: Current Issues, Future<br />
Directions, and the Potential Efficacy of Interventions With<br />
Women,” Clinical Psychology Review, Vol. 19, No. 7 (1999),<br />
pp. 739-771; Nancy A. Crowell and Ann W. Burgess, eds.,<br />
Understanding Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women. (Washington, D.C.:<br />
National Academy Press, 1996), p. 137; and U.S. Department<br />
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Notes/Citations<br />
of Justice, National Institute of Justice. Special Report, Batterer<br />
Intervention Programs: Where do we go from here? (June<br />
2003), pp. 1-2.<br />
74 Crowell et al., Understanding Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women<br />
(Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1996), p. 137;<br />
and Interview with Maggy McGiffert and Jennifer Margulies,<br />
Education Department, <strong>Texas</strong> Council on Family Violence,<br />
Austin, <strong>Texas</strong>, July 23, 2003.<br />
75 Yeater et al., “<strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> Prevention Programs,” pp. 739-<br />
771.<br />
76 Kimberly Hanson Breitenbecher, “<strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> on College<br />
Campuses: Is an ounce of prevention enough?” Applied and<br />
Preventive Psychology, Vol. 9 (2000), pp. 23-52; and Mary J.<br />
Heppner et al., “Examining Immediate and Long-Term Efficacy<br />
of Rape Prevention Programming with Racially Diverse College<br />
Men,” Journal of Counseling Psychology, Vol. 46, No. 1 (1999),<br />
pp. 16-26.<br />
77 Edward Gondolf et.al., “A Multi-Site Evaluation of Batterer<br />
Intervention Systems,” Abstracts on Research Design, Indiana<br />
University of Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic Addiction Training<br />
Institute. Online. Available:<br />
www.iup.edu/maati/publications/designabstracts.shtm.<br />
Accessed: August 4, 2003; Ethel Klein et al., Ending Domestic<br />
Violence: Changing Public Perceptions/Halting the Epidemic<br />
(Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997), p.104.<br />
78 Email from Eduardo Sanchez, Health Commissioner, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Department of Health (<strong>TDH</strong>), to <strong>TDH</strong> employees, September 23,<br />
2003.<br />
79 TCFV, Access to Safety.<br />
80 Meredith Minkler, ed., Community Organizing and Community<br />
Building for Health (New Jersey: Rutgers University Press,<br />
1997), p. 213.<br />
81 For information on primary prevention and cultural competence<br />
see: FVPF, The National Consensus Guidelines (online); Cathy<br />
Schechter, Qualitative Research on Outreach and Public<br />
Education. Report to the <strong>Texas</strong> Council on Family Violence<br />
(Austin, TX, 1997); David Wolfe et al., “Prevention of Domestic<br />
Violence and <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>,” National Electronic Network on<br />
Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women (January 2003).<br />
82 TCFV started a listening project in 2002. Advocates travel<br />
around the state interviewing survivors in domestic violence<br />
shelters and service centers. (McGifford and Margulies<br />
interview.)<br />
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83 Information on including survivors can be found in: Catlin P.<br />
Fullwood, Family Violence Prevention Fund, “Preventing Family<br />
Violence: Community Engagement Makes the Difference.”<br />
Online. Available:<br />
http://endabuse.org/programs/children/files/Preventing.pdf.<br />
Accessed: September 25, 2003; Schechter, Qualitative Research<br />
on Outreach and Public Education; McGiffert and Margulies<br />
interview.<br />
84 For more on collaboration see: Fullwood, “Preventing Family<br />
Violence” (online); NCIPC, CDC Research Agenda, p. 55.<br />
85 For information on the importance of community organizing to<br />
prevent VAW see: Fullwood, “Preventing Family Violence”<br />
(online); Hart, Coordinated Community Approaches to Domestic<br />
Violence (online); Schecter, “Expanding Solutions for Domestic<br />
Violence and Poverty” (online).<br />
86 Janet Carter et al., “Domestic Violence and Poverty: Organizing<br />
an Advocacy Voice,” NFG Reports, Vol. 7, Issue 3 (Fall 2000).<br />
Online. Available:<br />
http://www.nfg.org/reports/73domestic.htm. Accessed:<br />
September 25, 2003; Schecter, “Expanding Solutions for<br />
Domestic Violence and Poverty” (online).<br />
87 For more on community organizing for prevention see: Minkler,<br />
Community Organizing; Larry Cohen et al., “The Spectrum of<br />
Prevention: Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Injury<br />
Prevention,” in Injury Prevention (of BMJ Publishing Group), Vol.<br />
5 (1999), pp. 203-207. See also the Prevention Institute<br />
(www.preventioninstitute.org).<br />
88 Cohen and Swift, The Spectrum of Prevention.<br />
89 Advocates caution that this practice should be undertaken with<br />
care and consideration for survivors’ safety, and should not<br />
undermine the experiences of former victims of VAW.<br />
90 Schecter, Susan, “Expanding Solutions for Domestic Violence<br />
and Poverty: What Battered Women with Abused Children<br />
Need from Their Advocates” in Building Comprehensive<br />
Solutions to Domestic Violence: Publication #13, A Vision Paper.<br />
Online. Available:<br />
www.vaw.umn.edu/documents/expandin/expandin.html.<br />
Accessed: April 28, 2003. See also: Gloucester Men <strong>Against</strong><br />
Domestic Abuse (GMADA) (www.strongmendontbully.com); Men<br />
Stopping Violence (MSV) (www.menstoppingviolence.org);<br />
Men’s Resource Center of Western Mass (www.mensresoucecenter.org);<br />
and White Ribbon Campaign<br />
(www.whiteribbon.ca/wrchrome.htm).<br />
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91 See Appendix B for the analyses of the <strong>Texas</strong> Talks: Primary<br />
Prevention of Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women survey.<br />
92 For more information on public health evaluation methods for<br />
prevention activities see: Centers for Disease Control and<br />
Prevention, Evaluation Working Group, “Framework for<br />
Program Evaluation in Public Health.” Online. Available:<br />
http://www.cdc.gov/eval/framework.htm. Accessed: October<br />
10, 2001; Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, “Building a<br />
Successful Prevention Program: Step 7 – Evaluation.” Online.<br />
Available:<br />
http://www.unr.edu/westcapt/bestpractices/eval.htm.<br />
Accessed: October 10, 2003; Lana Muraskin. Understanding<br />
Evaluation: the Way to Better Prevention Programs. Westat,<br />
Inc., U.S. Department of Education. Online. Available:<br />
http://www.ed.gov/PDFDocs/handbook.pdf. Accessed:<br />
October 10, 2003.<br />
93 Busch et al., A Health Survey of Texans; and Saurage Research,<br />
Perceptions, and Awareness of Domestic Violence.<br />
94 See for example Judith McFarlane et al., “Intimate Partner<br />
Stalking and Femicide: Urgent Implications for Women’s Safety,”<br />
Behavioral Sciences and the Law, Vol. 20 (2002), pp. 51-68;<br />
Judith McFarlane et al., “Severity of Abuse to Pregnant Women<br />
and Associated Gun Access of Perpetrator,” Public Health<br />
Nursing, Vol. 15, No. 3 (June 1998), pp. 201-206; and<br />
William Wiist and Judith McFarlane, “The Effectiveness of an<br />
Abuse Assessment Protocol in Public Health Prenatal Clinics,”<br />
American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 89, No. 8 (August<br />
1999), pp. 1217-1221.<br />
95 Krug et al., World Report on Violence and Health.<br />
96 Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence,<br />
“Ending Intra-Familial Violence: Community Organizing.”<br />
Online. Available:<br />
www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute/Gender%20Violence/community<br />
/htm. Accessed: July 2, 2003; Fullwood, “Preventing Family<br />
Violence” (online); Linda Gunderson. “Intimate Partner<br />
Violence: The Need for Primary Prevention in the Community,”<br />
Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 136, No. 8 (April 16, 2002),<br />
p. 639; Schecter, “Expanding Solutions for Domestic Violence<br />
and Poverty” (online); Interview with Krista DelGallo, Policy<br />
Department, <strong>Texas</strong> Council on Family Violence (TCFV), Austin,<br />
<strong>Texas</strong>, July 23, 2003.<br />
97 Edleson, “Primary Prevention and Adult Domestic Violence”<br />
(online), p. 13; Fullwood, “Preventing Family Violence” (online),<br />
p. 2.<br />
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98 See Appendix B for full analyses.<br />
99 Cohen and Swift, “The Spectrum of Prevention” (online), pp.<br />
203-207;<br />
100 Saurage Research, Perceptions, and Awareness of Domestic<br />
Violence; and TAASA, Findings From a Statewide Survey:<br />
Strategic Summary.<br />
101 Edleson, “Primary Prevention and Adult Domestic Violence”<br />
(online), p. 10; Marissa Ghez, “Getting the Message Out:<br />
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Sourcebook on Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women, ed. Claire M.<br />
Renzetti, Jeffrey L. Edleson and Raquel Kennedy Bergen<br />
(Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2001), p. 418; and<br />
Klein et al., Ending Domestic Violence,” p. 101.<br />
102 Ghez, “Getting the Message Out,” pp. 420-423.<br />
103 Ibid., p. 429.<br />
104 See the resource guide in Appendix D and links in Appendix E<br />
for excellent examples.<br />
105 FVPF, The National Consensus Guidelines (online), p. 7; and<br />
Lynn M Short., et.al. “Recommended Components of Health<br />
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106 Phyllis Sharps et al., “Health Care Providers’ Missed<br />
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vol. 33 (2001), p. 377; Wiist and McFarlane, “The<br />
Effectiveness of an Abuse Assessment Protocol,” p. 1219; Pam<br />
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to Help Abused Women,” Journal of the American Academy<br />
of Nurse Practitioners, vol. 13, no. 12 (December 2001), p.<br />
566-7.<br />
107 Edleson, “Primary Prevention and Adult Domestic Violence”<br />
(online), p. 9; FVPF, The National Consensus Guidelines, p. 6;,<br />
Vaughn, I. Rickert, Roger D. Vaughan, Dr PH, and Constance<br />
M. Wiemann, “Violence <strong>Against</strong> Young Women: Implications<br />
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108 FVPF, The National Consensus Guidelines, Appendix C:<br />
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109 Kathleen A. Oriel and Michael F. Fleming, “Screening Men for<br />
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110 See the survey analyses in Appendix B. School-based efforts<br />
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help to raise public awareness of non-violence and related<br />
issues.<br />
111 See the resource guide in Appendix D for good examples.<br />
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Appendices<br />
A Strategic Plan<br />
To Prevent Violence<br />
<strong>Against</strong> Women<br />
in <strong>Texas</strong>
Appendicies - A Plan Goals/Objectives<br />
APPENDIX A<br />
Goals and Objectives:<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Strategic Plan to Prevent Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women<br />
Vision: The primary prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking is a public<br />
health priority in <strong>Texas</strong>.<br />
Mission: To implement a comprehensive plan for the primary prevention of sexual assault,<br />
domestic violence and stalking that is inclusive of all Texans and that includes strategies focusing on<br />
individuals and families, communities, state level organizations and government.<br />
Principal Statements: Goals, objectives, and strategies aimed at the primary prevention of<br />
sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking will be appropriate for individuals and groups,<br />
taking into account attributes such as age, gender, culture, disabilities, sexual orientation, national<br />
origin, religious affiliation and socioeconomic status. The perspectives of those who have survived<br />
sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking will be integral to prevention efforts.<br />
The <strong>Texas</strong> Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women Advisory Committee (VAWPAC) identified the following goals<br />
and objectives for ending violence against women in <strong>Texas</strong>. Actors are not specified for each<br />
objective because implementation of this plan is a work in progress in collaboration with<br />
stakeholders who participated in the planning process and other entities who will be invited to<br />
participate. Potential actors will include state entities such as: Department of Human Services<br />
Family Violence Prevention Program, Governor’s Commission for Women, Office of Attorney<br />
General, TX <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>, TX Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, TX<br />
Council on Family Violence and TX Department of Health. 1 Actors will also include academic<br />
entities such as: the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio and the UT Center for Social Work<br />
Research - Institute on Domestic Violence and <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>. Other actors will include communitybased,<br />
advocacy and faith-based organizations such as: Migrant Clinicians Network, Austin<br />
SafePlace, and Batterers Intervention and Prevention Programs. 2 A-92<br />
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2<br />
Other state level entities that will be invited to participate include: State Licensing Boards for Health Professions, TX <strong>Association</strong> of Business and<br />
Chambers of Commerce, TX Education <strong>Association</strong>, TX Hospital <strong>Association</strong>, TX Medical <strong>Association</strong>, <strong>Texas</strong> Municipal Police <strong>Association</strong>, TX Nurses<br />
<strong>Association</strong>, Military entities, Woman’s Chamber of Commerce, TCLEOSE - Continuing Education for Law Enforcement, TX Department of Mental<br />
Health and Mental Retardation, TX<br />
Other community efforts to be invited include: Austin Commission for Women, Center for Health Training, Children’s Advocacy Centers of TX,<br />
Domestic Violence Initiative, Faith Based Organizations, Greater Dallas Crime Commission, Media entities, <strong>Texas</strong> Health Resources, Woman’s<br />
Advocacy Project.<br />
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PRIORITY: RESOURCES, RESEARCH AND DATA<br />
Goal 1: Identify and secure necessary resources to implement the strategic plan<br />
Objective 1: Identify potential funding sources and in-kind contributions for<br />
implementation of the statewide strategic plan by December 2003 and on a<br />
continuing basis.<br />
Objective 2: Identify funding feasibility and timelines by November 2003.<br />
Objective 3: Submit at least three additional grant proposals to fund the implementation<br />
of the statewide strategic plan by December 2004.<br />
Objective 4: Coordinate a state-level effort to seek funding directed at preventing sexual<br />
assault, domestic violence and stalking by September 2005.<br />
Objective 5: Support local-level efforts to seek funding directed at preventing sexual<br />
assault, domestic violence and stalking in <strong>Texas</strong> by September 2006.<br />
Goal 2: Support <strong>Texas</strong>-specific research on sexual assault, domestic violence,<br />
and stalking.<br />
Objective 1: Estimate indirect and direct costs for sexual assault, domestic violence and<br />
stalking in <strong>Texas</strong> by September 2005.<br />
Objective 2: Conduct an empirically based evaluation of existing prevention efforts for<br />
sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking in <strong>Texas</strong> by September 2006.<br />
Objective 3: Analyze and examine the relationship between social indicators and VAW<br />
by January 2006.<br />
Objective 4: Conduct a cost/benefit analysis of prevention efforts by September 2007.<br />
Goal 3: Share and link non-identifying data among systems to aid in the<br />
prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking.<br />
Objective 1: Identify available and missing non-identifying data sources to assist in the<br />
development of efforts to end sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking<br />
in <strong>Texas</strong> by September 2005.<br />
Objective 2: Establish an infrastructure to support the ongoing appropriate exchange of<br />
prevention-oriented information relevant to sexual assault, domestic violence<br />
and stalking by March 2005.<br />
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PRIORITY: COMMUNITIES, SYSTEMS, INFRASTRUCTURE<br />
Goal 1: To integrate primary prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence,<br />
and stalking into <strong>Texas</strong> state, county and city entities, state legislation,<br />
judicial and service systems, the military and resource allocation.<br />
Objective 1: Make available training curricula addressing the prevention of sexual<br />
assault, domestic violence and stalking to governmental entities via webbased<br />
and other mediums by January 2005.<br />
Objective 2: Make available appropriate training curricula addressing the prevention of<br />
sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking to <strong>Texas</strong> law enforcement via<br />
web-based and other mediums by January 2005.<br />
Objective 3: Identify potential legislative allies, and make available educational materials<br />
regarding sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking to <strong>Texas</strong> legislators<br />
in preparation for the 2005 session of the <strong>Texas</strong> legislature by January<br />
2005.<br />
Objective 4: Make available information on the primary prevention of sexual assault,<br />
domestic violence and stalking to personnel at <strong>Texas</strong> military installations by<br />
September 2006.<br />
Objective 5: Contact state agencies requesting that they conduct an internal review and<br />
assessment of their existing policies addressing sexual assault, domestic<br />
violence and stalking by September 2005.<br />
Objective 6: Make available research-based “best practices” in institutional policies<br />
addressing the primary prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence and<br />
stalking to state agencies by September 2005.<br />
Objective 7: Complete a review of state laws concerning sexual assault, domestic<br />
violence and stalking and develop a document delineating these laws by<br />
October 2004.<br />
Goal 2: To integrate primary prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence,<br />
and stalking into formal and informal community-based organizations,<br />
networks, and corporate sector systems.<br />
Objective 1: Contact community and faith-based organizations, businesses and other<br />
formal networks requesting that they conduct an internal review and<br />
assessment of their existing company or organizational policies addressing<br />
sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking by September 2005 and on<br />
a continuing basis.<br />
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Objective 2: Make available “best practices” for organizational and company policies<br />
addressing sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking to community and<br />
faith-based organizations, businesses and other formal networks via webbased<br />
and other mediums by September 2005.<br />
Objective 3: Encourage Executive Directors, CEOs, and leaders within <strong>Texas</strong> communities<br />
to strengthen their existing networks of communication to prevent sexual<br />
assault, domestic violence and stalking in their communities by June 2006<br />
and on a continuing basis.<br />
Objective 4: Utilize the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) VAW<br />
Community Planning Guide and the Popular Education for Social Change<br />
Model for planning and organizing primary prevention efforts, and make<br />
those resources available to <strong>Texas</strong> communities by September 2004.<br />
Goal 3: To integrate primary prevention of domestic violence, sexual assault<br />
and stalking into public and private educational systems at the state,<br />
school district and local levels.<br />
Objective 1: Involve youth in the development of an action plan that prevents and<br />
challenges the issues of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking in<br />
school systems by September 2005.<br />
Objective 2: Make available appropriate literature detailing the prevalence and costs of<br />
sexual and dating violence among children and youth to district superintendents<br />
and high school principals in <strong>Texas</strong> via web-based and other<br />
mediums by June 2007.<br />
Objective 3: Make available research-based, age-appropriate tools, including evaluation<br />
methods, for incorporating primary prevention of sexual assault, domestic<br />
violence and stalking into existing educational curricula via web-based and<br />
other mediums by December 2005.<br />
Objective 4: Encourage local sexual assault and domestic violence coalitions and<br />
organizations to solicit a professional representative from public school<br />
districts, colleges and/or universities to serve on their boards or councils by<br />
January 2005.<br />
Goal 4: To integrate primary prevention of domestic violence, sexual assault,<br />
and stalking into public and private health care delivery systems.<br />
Objective 1: Contact medical, dental, nursing and other health care training schools<br />
requesting that they conduct an internal review and assessment of their<br />
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existing organizational policies on sexual assault, domestic violence and<br />
stalking by September 2006 and on a continuing basis.<br />
Objective 2: Make available research-based tools, including evaluation methods, for<br />
incorporating training on sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking into<br />
existing curricula to medical, dental, nursing and other health care training<br />
schools via web-based and other mediums by December 2005.<br />
Objective 3: Encourage professional organizations and licensing boards to require<br />
health care professionals to take continuing education courses addressing<br />
the primary prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking by<br />
September 2006 and on a continuing basis.<br />
Objective 4: Make available research-based information on best practices, including<br />
evaluation tools, for pre-screening and universal screening for sexual<br />
assault, domestic violence and stalking to <strong>Texas</strong> health care providers via<br />
web-based and other mediums by September 2005.<br />
PRIORITY: PUBLIC AWARENESS<br />
Goal 1: Promote awareness that domestic violence, sexual assault, and<br />
stalking are public health issues.<br />
Objective 1: Implement appropriate sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking<br />
screening activities (including evaluation of process) in a proportion of<br />
family planning and maternal child health programs of <strong>Texas</strong> public health<br />
settings based on “promising practices” in the field, by January 2006 and<br />
on a continuing basis.<br />
Objective 2: Make available educational materials with the prevention message that<br />
sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking are unacceptable via webbased<br />
and other mediums to public health agencies, encouraging those<br />
entities to make these resources available to clients by January 2007.<br />
Goal 2: Develop and implement strategies for social change resulting in the<br />
prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking.<br />
Objective 1: Use the Popular Education Model for Social Change and involve<br />
communities to train health professionals on issues related to sexual assault,<br />
domestic violence and stalking as an avenue of social change by January<br />
2005 and on a continuing basis.<br />
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Objective 2: Facilitate the formation of two organized groups of men 3 to work toward the<br />
prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking and to serve as<br />
models for other men by January 2006.<br />
Objective 3: Involve community members, including survivors and former perpetrators of<br />
violence against women in planning and implementation of efforts to prevent<br />
sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking by January 2006 and on a<br />
continuing basis.<br />
Objective 4: Facilitate collaboration between Batterers Intervention and Prevention<br />
Programs, Council on Sex Offender Treatment programs, and former<br />
perpetrators of violence against women in <strong>Texas</strong> to prevent sexual assault,<br />
domestic violence and stalking through raising awareness and modeling for<br />
other men by January 2007 and on a continuing basis.<br />
Objective 5: Make available speakers and other resources to make the connection<br />
between substance abuse and sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking<br />
to organizational and state conferences on violence against women and/or<br />
substance abuse, by January 2008.<br />
Objective 6: Implement a statewide public awareness campaign about the connection<br />
between child abuse and sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking by<br />
December 2005.<br />
Objective 7: Make available research-based school-wide bullying prevention models,<br />
including evaluation tools to <strong>Texas</strong> School District personnel by September<br />
2007.<br />
Goal 3: Assist consumers in taking responsibility for the way sexual assault,<br />
domestic violence and stalking are portrayed in the media.<br />
Objective 1: Involve youth and parents in a community-based approach to implement a<br />
statewide campaign about the effects of violence in the media and its<br />
connection to sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking in <strong>Texas</strong> by<br />
January 2010.<br />
1 Other state level entities that will be invited to participate include: State Licensing Boards for Health Professions, TX <strong>Association</strong> of<br />
Business and Chambers of Commerce, TX Education <strong>Association</strong>, TX Hospital <strong>Association</strong>, TX Medical <strong>Association</strong>, <strong>Texas</strong> Municipal Police <strong>Association</strong>, TX<br />
Nurses <strong>Association</strong>, Military entities, Woman’s Chamber of Commerce, TCLEOSE – Continuing Education for Law Enforcement, TX Department of Mental<br />
Health and Mental Retardation, TX Department of Protective and Regulatory Services<br />
2 Other community efforts to be invited include: Austin Commission for Women, Center for Health Training, Children’s Advocacy Centers of TX,<br />
Domestic Violence Initiative, Faith Based Organizations, Greater Dallas Crime Commission, Media entities, <strong>Texas</strong> Health Resources, Woman’s Advocacy<br />
Project.<br />
3 These groups should be formed in at least two of the following <strong>Texas</strong> cities/regions: Dallas, Ft. Worth, San Antonio, Houston, Austin and/or the Rio<br />
Grande Valley.<br />
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APPENDIX B<br />
Background<br />
A goal of the project was to learn more about the types of violence against women (VAW) primary<br />
prevention services that were being provided in <strong>Texas</strong>. A survey of stakeholders was conducted as<br />
part of this project. The goals of this survey included identifying service providers in this arena,<br />
determining where primary prevention efforts were targeted, whether efforts in <strong>Texas</strong> were being<br />
evaluated as well as obtaining some baseline information on primary prevention activities in the<br />
state. Differences in responses by type of service provider (health care setting versus other) were<br />
also examined.<br />
The survey was designed by staff working with the VAW prevention project and administered<br />
between June and August 2003 to organizations or clinics thought to offer VAW prevention<br />
services. 1 In this report, the terms “stakeholders” or “respondents” are used interchangeably to<br />
refer to those organizations or clinics that responded to the survey. A snowball sampling frame<br />
was used to identify a sample of targeted organizations or clinics. In this type of convenience<br />
sampling, a small group of organization or clinic representatives working with the VAW prevention<br />
project were asked to identify additional stakeholders to be included in the sample. One key<br />
drawback of the snowball sampling technique is that generalizations should be made with caution<br />
because the sample was not selected randomly. The location (by zip codes) of survey respondents<br />
is available in Map 1.<br />
1<br />
Copies of the questionnaire are available from the Office of Special Projects in the Family Planning Division at the<br />
Bureau of Women’s Health, <strong>TDH</strong>. The following resource was used to design and implement the survey: Dillman,<br />
Don, Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method.(New York: J. Wiley, 2000).<br />
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MAP 1: Location of Survey Respondents by Zip Code<br />
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Stakeholders and Respondents<br />
A total of 345 questionnaires were received. Data from approximately 330 respondents<br />
were included in the analyses because fifteen (about 5%) of the organizations or clinics surveyed<br />
were not involved in primary VAW prevention efforts. In the data analyses, descriptive statistics<br />
were used extensively.<br />
The type of organizations or clinics that responded to this survey and were involved in the<br />
primary prevention of violence against women varied widely. Fifty-one percent (n=162) of the total<br />
responses were received from health care settings, which included community health centers (CHC),<br />
family planning clinics, women, infants and children’s (WIC) clinics. Additionally, clinics offering<br />
maternal and child health services (MCH), and substance abuse and mental health centers were<br />
also among organizations or clinics in health care settings (see Figure 1). Some cross-tabulations<br />
and chi-square tests of significance were also done to identify some key differences in response<br />
patterns by type of service provider, i.e., between respondents in health care settings and others<br />
located in non-health care settings.<br />
Forty-nine percent (n=155) of the organizations or clinics responding were in non-health care<br />
settings. These stakeholders included nonprofit groups, local and state government agencies, law<br />
enforcement groups, VAW service providers, and universities (see Figure 2). 2 B-100<br />
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FIGURE 1: Description of Survey Respondents: Types of Health Care Settings (n = 162)<br />
Other 16% Comm Health Ctr 12% Women, Infant & Child 17%<br />
Family Planning Clinic 18% MCH Services Substance Abuse/Mental Health 8%<br />
Hospitals 11% University Health Ctr 7%<br />
Substance<br />
Abuse/Mental<br />
Health<br />
8%<br />
Hospitals<br />
11%<br />
University<br />
Health Center<br />
7%<br />
Other<br />
16%<br />
Comm Health Ctr<br />
12%<br />
MCH Services<br />
11%<br />
Family Planning Clinic<br />
18%<br />
Women, Infant<br />
& Child<br />
17%<br />
FIGURE 2: Description of Survey Respondents: Types of Non-Health Care Settings (n=155)<br />
Government 16% Law Enforcement 18% Non-profits 27%<br />
Universities 10% VAW Service . Providers 18% Other 10%<br />
Other<br />
10%<br />
Government<br />
16%<br />
VAW Service<br />
Providers<br />
18%<br />
Law Enforcement<br />
18%<br />
Universities<br />
10%<br />
Non-profits<br />
27%<br />
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Results<br />
The VAW prevention services offered by organizations or clinics were grouped into three<br />
areas of emphasis: sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking. Results from the survey<br />
indicated that more primary prevention emphasis was being placed on sexual assault and<br />
domestic violence than on stalking. Among respondents, 90 percent emphasized some level of<br />
primary prevention (a little, some or a lot of emphases) in the area of domestic violence, 98<br />
percent emphasized sexual assault and 67 percent focused on stalking. As shown in Figure 3, over<br />
70 percent of the organizations placed “some” or “a lot” of emphasis on domestic violence and<br />
sexual assault while 41percent did the same for stalking.<br />
The differences in prevention services being offered by type of provider were also examined.<br />
The only statistically significant (p
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FIGURE 4: Adoption of Policy Regarding VAW (N=306)<br />
70<br />
60<br />
Percentage effort<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
Yes<br />
No<br />
Do Not<br />
Know<br />
10<br />
0<br />
<strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> Domestic Violence Stalking<br />
Categories of VAW<br />
Public Awareness<br />
A series of questions were posed on how the organization or clinic raised public awareness. 3<br />
The most popular method reported for increasing public awareness was the distribution of<br />
educational materials, followed by raising community awareness of VAW through parades and<br />
fairs. The emphasis on public awareness was found to be more on domestic violence (75%) and<br />
sexual assault (71 percent) than on stalking activities (37 percent). From Table 1, it is clear that the<br />
majority of the organizations or clinics did not rely on newsletters/email, media campaigns and<br />
community activities to raise public awareness of VAW. Surprisingly, very little public awareness is<br />
reported beyond distribution of educational materials. The percentage of respondents who<br />
promoted public awareness of primary prevention by sending out newsletters or informational email<br />
messages ranged from 19 percent (sexual assault), to 23 percent (domestic violence) but only 14<br />
percent did the same for stalking. Only 18 percent (sexual assault), 23 percent (domestic violence)<br />
and 11 percent (stalking) of those surveyed used media campaigns such as radio/tv spots, signs on<br />
buses and press conferences. Similarly, only 29 percent, 33 percent and 15 percent of<br />
organizations or clinics used high visibility community activities such as parades and fairs for sexual<br />
assault, domestic violence, and stalking respectively. Other means of raising public awareness<br />
included tear strips, concealable information cards in waiting rooms and restrooms, as well as peerled<br />
theatrical presentations.<br />
TABLE 1: How Public Awareness of VAW Issues was Raised<br />
Percentage using these strategies<br />
<strong>Sexual</strong><br />
<strong>Assault</strong><br />
Domestic<br />
Violence<br />
Stalking<br />
Distribute educational material n = 326 Yes 71 75 37<br />
Send out related newsletter or informatin email messages n = 328 Yes 19 23 14<br />
Media Campaigns (radio/tv spots/buses ads etc.) Yes 18 23 11<br />
High Visibillity Community Activities such as parades & fairs Yes 29 33 15<br />
n = 329<br />
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School-Based Efforts<br />
The survey asked questions about primary prevention efforts in schools, such as anti-bullying,<br />
good touch/bad touch issues, gender respect, dating and other programs. The majority of those<br />
responding did not conduct primary prevention in schools. Twelve percent of the respondents<br />
directed school-based efforts to elementary school children for Stalking, 25 percent for Domestic<br />
Violence and 26 percent for <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>. Thirty-five percent of the respondents targeted junior<br />
and high school students with regard to <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> and 34 percent for Domestic Violence but<br />
about 20 percent offer Stalking prevention services to this group (see Table 2). Between 19<br />
percent and 29 percent of these respondents targeted college level students: 29 percent (Domestic<br />
Violence) of the organizations or clinics focused on college-level students, and smaller percentages<br />
were involved with <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> (26 percent) and Stalking (19 percent) efforts.<br />
Based on open-ended comments, other respondents indicated that they targeted beauty<br />
schools and salons or trained paramedics and medical students to be sensitive and recognize signs<br />
of sexual assault and/or domestic violence when treating trauma cases.<br />
TABLE 2: Primary Prevention Efforts in Schools<br />
Percentage using these strategies<br />
<strong>Sexual</strong><br />
<strong>Assault</strong><br />
Domestic<br />
Violence<br />
Stalking<br />
Programs for elementary children (< 12 years) n = 313 Yes 26 25 12<br />
Programs for junior & high school students n = 316 Yes 34 35 20<br />
Programs for college-level students n = 315 Yes 26 29 19<br />
Community-Based Efforts<br />
Regarding efforts made by some organizations or clinics in preventing and stopping VAW<br />
before it happens, some respondents were engaged in community-based efforts through<br />
presentations, teaching classes, organizing discussion forums, conferences, and training.<br />
Approximately 50 percent of the responding organizations or clinics taught classes or organized<br />
training, conferences or discussions related to <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>, <strong>Assault</strong> and Domestic Violence, while<br />
29 percent did the same for Stalking (see Table 3). Organizations and clinics were also involved in<br />
working with other community groups, local leaders, or advocates on primary prevention efforts.<br />
Here also more emphasis was placed on <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> (68 percent), and Domestic vViolence (71<br />
percent), than on Stalking (42 percent). Open-ended responses indicated that community<br />
partnerships and coalitions were another strategy used to prevent or stop VAW.<br />
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TABLE 3: Strategies for Community-Based Prevention Efforts<br />
Percentage using these strategies<br />
<strong>Sexual</strong><br />
<strong>Assault</strong><br />
Domestic<br />
Violence<br />
Stalking<br />
Make presentations, teach classes or organize training, Yes 49 51 29<br />
conferences or discussion forums n = 324<br />
Work with other groups, local leaders or advocates on primary Yes 68 71 42<br />
prevention of VAW n = 324<br />
Research and Data Collection<br />
A series of survey questions focused on research and data collection activities. The most<br />
commonly reported research and data collection activity was related to keeping track of information<br />
(e.g., hotline calls, shelter visits etc) – 46 percent for <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> and Domestic Violence and 32<br />
percent for Stalking. Other data collection, research, and evaluation activities were reported by the<br />
survey respondents (see Table 4). Whereas 30 percent, 36 percent and 21 percent were involved in<br />
researching effective programs (best practices) for <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>, Domestic Violence and Stalking<br />
respectively, only 20 percent of the respondents were involved in researching evaluation techniques for<br />
<strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>, 22 percent for Domestic Violence and 12 percent for Stalking. Surprisingly, a number<br />
of organizations or clinics researched factors influencing a person or a group’s risk for acting violently<br />
towards women (i.e., the likelihood of perpetrating violence). Thirty percent (<strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>), 31<br />
percent (Domestic Violence) and 19 percent (Stalking) screened for violent tendencies. Other<br />
respondents researched factors that help protect people from victimization: 38 percent for <strong>Sexual</strong><br />
<strong>Assault</strong>, 39 percent for Domestic Violence and 27 percent for Stalking. The majority (60 percent) of<br />
the organizations or clinics did not conduct research activities. Survey respondents were also asked<br />
why they conducted research and/or collected data.<br />
Responses to this question were:<br />
• 27 percent did so to fulfill grant or program requirements,<br />
• 35 percent to promote outreach and advocacy,<br />
• 31 percent to evaluate the effectiveness of their programs, and<br />
• 6 percent with the purpose of writing academic reports.<br />
Open-ended comments also indicated that reporting requirements from government agencies<br />
were a reason for the collection of VAW data.<br />
TABLE 4: Efforts in Research & Data Collection<br />
Percentage using these strategies<br />
<strong>Sexual</strong><br />
<strong>Assault</strong><br />
Domestic<br />
Violence<br />
Stalking<br />
Research effective programs (best practices) for VAW n = 321 Yes 31 36 21<br />
Collect or keep track of info related to VAW prevention n = 322 Yes 46 46 32<br />
Research factors influencing person/group’s risk for acting Yes 30 31 19<br />
violently (perpetrating violence) n = 317<br />
Research factors that help protect person(s) from Yes 38 39 27<br />
victimization n = 317<br />
Research Evaluation Techniques n = 315 Yes 20 22 12<br />
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Evaluation<br />
Survey questions also focused on efforts by the respondents to evaluate their primary<br />
prevention programs. The majority (70 percent) of the participating organizations or clinics did not<br />
conduct evaluations. Of the 92 (30 percent) respondents that conducted evaluations, a significantly<br />
(p
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Assessment<br />
The targeted groups for <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong>, Domestic Violence, and Stalking primary prevention<br />
assessment activities varied among respondents. Survey respondents were asked about the groups<br />
or target population they screened with regard to the three categories of VAW. About 75 percent of<br />
the responding organizations or clinics reported that they screened people or groups to find out<br />
whether they might be potential victims of violence, for <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> and Domestic Violence, but<br />
only 45 percent screened for Stalking (see Table 6). About 70 percent of the respondents reported<br />
that they screened women 18 yrs and older, 60 percent screened teen girls aged 13-17, while<br />
about 40 percent screened men (18 years and older), teen boys (13-17 years) and children (12<br />
and under) for potential victimization.<br />
TABLE 6: Respondent percentages grouped by type of VAW service<br />
and screening services<br />
Percentage using these strategies<br />
<strong>Sexual</strong><br />
<strong>Assault</strong><br />
Domestic<br />
Violence<br />
Stalking<br />
Screen people to determine victims of VAW n = 319 Yes 76 76 45<br />
Screen people to determine if people might act violently/ Yes 34 37 25<br />
perpetrate VAW n = 317<br />
The survey also addressed which type of respondent was likely to do the screenings to<br />
determine possible victimization. Further analyses indicated that respondents from health care<br />
settings, as compared to respondents from non-health care settings, were significantly (p
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Training Personnel<br />
The majority of the organizations or clinics surveyed provided staff training through periodic<br />
training sessions. Brochures, handouts, policy/protocol were often printed for training purposes<br />
(Table 7). A much smaller percentage of respondents were involved in training for Stalking in<br />
comparison to <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> and Domestic Violence. Open-ended comments indicated that<br />
seminars, conferences and workshops were also used for purposes of training personnel by<br />
organizations or clinics.<br />
Goals of VAW Organizations or Clinics<br />
Organizations and clinics were asked to list the goals of their VAW primary prevention<br />
efforts. Three main goals were provided in the questionnaire and open-ended comments were<br />
solicited. Seventy-nine percent (n=262) of the respondents picked at least one goal. Fifty percent<br />
of the 262 respondents selected risk reduction for potential victimization of VAW as their most<br />
important goal, with another 32% selected changes in attitudes and behavior about VAW as the<br />
most important goal. Eleven percent selected changing societal power structures as their most<br />
important goal.<br />
Respondents also ranked these goals with a score of 1 being the highest priority and 4<br />
indicating lowest priority. Average rankings for the goals outlined in the questionnaire were:<br />
• Reducing risk factors for potential victims – Average 1.74 (Highest priority)<br />
• Changing attitudes/beliefs (social norms) about acceptability of VAW – Average 2.27<br />
(Next highest priority)<br />
• Changing societal power structures that allow for VAW – Average 3.31 (Lowest priority)<br />
Obstacles and challenges<br />
The survey respondents were also asked about the obstacles and challenges they encountered<br />
in their primary prevention efforts. Open-ended responses (n = 201) were analyzed, and some<br />
respondents provided multiple responses. The majority (54 percent) of the responses cited lack of<br />
funding as the main challenge they faced in the implementation of primary prevention programs.<br />
Twelve percent of the respondents indicated that other resources were overextended and priorities<br />
were set according to available funding. For example, among the 29 WIC clinics that responded,<br />
many had other priorities to cover during client contacts, and VAW related issues competed with<br />
many other health/social issues. All these issues had to be addressed at the same client interview<br />
with limited time and staff resources.<br />
Other obstacles/challenges the respondents faced included inadequate training or education<br />
of law enforcement personnel (5 percent), and lack of staff resources to deal with VAW cases (10.5<br />
percent). Lack of community awareness and general attitude of the public towards VAW was a<br />
challenge and an obstacle for 13 percent of the survey respondents. Sixteen percent cited societal<br />
norms and the stigma attached to VAW reporting as a major obstacle. A lack of culturally<br />
appropriate educational materials was also cited as obstacles by 12 percent of the survey<br />
respondents.<br />
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Resource Needs<br />
When the respondents were asked what would be most helpful in their effort to prevent VAW<br />
before it happens, funding, staffing, time, lack of resources (posters, brochures and educational<br />
material) as well as ways and means of increasing community awareness were cited as the most<br />
needed resources. Other suggestions included stricter protective laws, greater accountability and<br />
coalitions working together.<br />
Figure 5: Services Directed to Rural Population<br />
9% Unsure 54% Do Offer 37% Do Not<br />
Offer<br />
37%<br />
9%<br />
54%<br />
Targeting Services<br />
One question ascertained whether the organizations or clinics directed services to rural<br />
populations. The majority (54 percent) of the respondents indicated that they did offer such services,<br />
while 37 percent did not. The remainder were unsure (see Figure 5).<br />
Summary<br />
Survey findings indicated that:<br />
• Primary prevention activities were reported by organizations or clinics in a variety of settings<br />
and in diverse sectors.<br />
• Although efforts to prevent stalking were much lower than those to prevent sexual assault and<br />
domestic violence, they were higher than many might have predicted.<br />
• Very little few public awareness efforts were conducted other than the dissemination of<br />
educational material.<br />
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• Only a minority of organizations or clinics targeted youth in schools and colleges.<br />
• The main research activity that was conducted involved collection of data useful for<br />
tracking purposes (shelter visits, hotline calls etc). The majority of respondents did not<br />
conduct evaluations.<br />
• Policy efforts were primarily concentrated in efforts to promote the understanding and<br />
use of laws and regulations.<br />
• Both organizations or clinics in health settings and others are conducting screening or<br />
assessment of Texans for potential victimization or perpetration of violence. Screening is<br />
being done on both males and females and across the age spectrum, which relates well<br />
to primary prevention. Respondents also researched factors that influence the risk for<br />
acting violently towards women.<br />
• The general tone of respondents on open-ended questions was one of support for<br />
primary prevention of VAW and willingness to learn and collaborate.<br />
• Some of the obstacles and challenges respondents defined can be addressed via<br />
collaboration and sharing of human and educational resources and other cost-effective<br />
strategies.<br />
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APPENDIX C<br />
Additional Acknowledgements<br />
Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women Prevention Project Virtual Council Members<br />
Wendie Abramson<br />
Austin Safe Place – Disability Services<br />
A Safety Awareness Program (ASAP)<br />
Ann Bayliss<br />
Katy Christian Ministries<br />
Domestic Abuse Center<br />
Laury Bosley<br />
Brazos Valley Rape Crisis Center<br />
Diane Bomash<br />
Domestic Violence Awareness Committee of<br />
Greater Dallas<br />
Margaret Brackley<br />
University of <strong>Texas</strong> Health Sciences Center at<br />
San Antonio<br />
Al Brown<br />
Red River Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center<br />
Ann Burgardt, MD<br />
University of <strong>Texas</strong> Health Sciences Center at<br />
San Antonio<br />
Hector J. Campos<br />
HCJ & Associates<br />
Jessie Cleveland<br />
Planned Parenthood of <strong>Texas</strong> Capital Region<br />
Cynthia Colbert<br />
Catholic Health <strong>Association</strong> of <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Pamela Cook<br />
University of <strong>Texas</strong> at Austin<br />
Voices <strong>Against</strong> Violence Project<br />
Roger Curme<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Legal Services Center<br />
Richard Davidson<br />
JOVEN<br />
Emiliano Diaz de Leon<br />
Family Crisis Center<br />
Men’s Nonviolence Advocate in the Valley<br />
Martha Duffer<br />
Austin Latino/a Lesbian Gay Bisexual<br />
Transgender Organization<br />
Tony Dunn, MD<br />
American College of Obstetricians and<br />
Gynecologists<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Section and <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Randall Ellis<br />
Lesbian/Gay Rights Lobby of <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Joslyn Weiner Fisher, MD<br />
Ben Taub General Hospital<br />
Harris County Public Hospital<br />
Melanie Gantt<br />
Mental Health <strong>Association</strong> of <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Fernando Guerra<br />
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District<br />
Judy Harden<br />
Permian Basin WIC Program<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Tech University<br />
Brenda Heredia<br />
Harlingen Family Crisis Center<br />
Carla Holeva<br />
Planned Parenthood of West <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Betty Chern-Hughes<br />
US DHHS Region VI<br />
Office of Family Planning<br />
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Heather Kamper<br />
Austin Safe Place Disability Services<br />
A Safety Awareness Program (ASAP)<br />
Tracy A. Levins, PhD<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Youth Commission<br />
Catherine Lewis<br />
Central <strong>Texas</strong> Doula <strong>Association</strong><br />
Patricia R. Lykos<br />
Governor’s Council on Sex Offender Treatment<br />
Alice Mann<br />
San Antonio Independent Living Services<br />
Barbara Marek<br />
Jackson County Sheriff’s Office<br />
<strong>Sexual</strong> Abuse Awareness Training Programs<br />
Lt. Richard Maxey<br />
Houston Police Department<br />
Family Violence Unit<br />
Angie McCown<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Safety<br />
Victim Services<br />
Jesus Ortega<br />
Out Youth Austin<br />
Wanda Paige<br />
Disabled Crime Victims Assistance<br />
Art Resa<br />
League of United Latin American Citizens<br />
Health Education Committee<br />
Ann J. Robison, PhD<br />
Montrose Counseling Center<br />
Jose Sanchez<br />
Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse<br />
Batterers Intervention and Prevention Program<br />
Jean Spence<br />
Austin/Travis County – Health and Human<br />
Services Department<br />
Communicable Disease Unit<br />
Martha Stowe<br />
Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas<br />
Amanda Stukenberg<br />
Planned Parenthood of South <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Tony Switzer<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Council on Family Violence<br />
Men’s Nonviolence Project<br />
Wendell Teltow<br />
Prevent Child Abuse <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Marcy Thomas<br />
Red River Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center<br />
Karen Thompson-O’Briant<br />
American College of Obstetricians and<br />
Gynecologists<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Section and <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Debby Tucker<br />
National Center on Domestic and <strong>Sexual</strong><br />
Violence<br />
Nikki Van Hightower<br />
Program for the Prevention of Rural Family<br />
Violence - <strong>Texas</strong> A&M University<br />
Juliet Walters<br />
National Center on Domestic and <strong>Sexual</strong><br />
Violence<br />
Shannon Walton<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Department of Health – Family Planning<br />
Division<br />
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Family Planning on the Inside<br />
Project<br />
Lydia Gonzalez Welch<br />
League of United Latin American Citizens<br />
Deputy Director for Women<br />
Janis Willis<br />
Planned Parenthood of Central <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Amy Wright<br />
Women’s Advocacy Project<br />
Lori Yarbrough<br />
Rape Crisis Center, Brazos Valley<br />
Kelly Young<br />
Houston Area Women’s Center<br />
Laura Zarate<br />
Arte Sana<br />
Martha Zuniga, MPA<br />
South <strong>Texas</strong> Family Planning and Health<br />
Corporation<br />
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APPENDIX D<br />
National Resource Guide<br />
Efforts in the Primary Prevention of Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women (VAW)<br />
The following programs from around the United States are highlighted for employing promising<br />
practices in the prevention of VAW.<br />
Communities <strong>Against</strong> Rape and Abuse (CARA) Seattle, Washington<br />
Works with marginalized groups such as minorities, LGTB communities, youth, and people with<br />
disabilities. Prevention activities focus on peer-based education, community organizing, and<br />
promoting cultural competence.<br />
www.cara-seattle.org<br />
Cut It Out (program of Salons <strong>Against</strong> Domestic Abuse) National (U.S.)<br />
Program encouraging beauty salons to raise awareness about domestic abuse among their<br />
clientele and their staff using posters and brochures, and training personnel to recognize signs of<br />
domestic violence in their clients. http://www.cutitout.org/<br />
Deana’s Fund – “The Yellow Dress” and “Remote Control” National (U.S.)<br />
Dating violence prevention through innovative, age-appropriate youth theater.<br />
www.deanasfund.com<br />
Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) San Francisco, California<br />
Resources, activism, and policy work to prevent family violence on the national level. Recently<br />
released a publication entitled, The National Consensus Guidelines on Identifying and Responding<br />
to Domestic Violence Victimization in Health Care Settings.<br />
www.endabuse.org<br />
Gloucester Men <strong>Against</strong> Domestic Abuse (GMADA) Gloucester, Massachusets<br />
Community driven effort involving men in changing social norms that see VAW as acceptable.<br />
Prevention activities focus on public awareness.<br />
www.strongmendontbully.com<br />
Initiative for Violence-Free Families (program of Family and Children’s Service)<br />
Minneapolis, Minnesota<br />
Seeks to change underlying attitudes toward VAW. Prevention activities focus on public awareness<br />
and education.www.famchildserv.org<br />
Men Stopping Violence (MSV) Atlanta, Georgia<br />
Training, educational outreach, counseling, and community partnerships targeting men. Prevention<br />
activities focus on public awareness and community collaborations.<br />
www.menstoppingviolence.org<br />
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Men’s Resource Center of Western Mass Amherst, Massachusetts<br />
Men’s Center promoting men’s nonviolence and challenging traditional male stereotypes.<br />
Prevention activities focus on public awareness and community collaborations.<br />
www.mensresoucecenter.org<br />
Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Northeastern University (Massachusetts)<br />
Violence prevention program engaging student and professional athletes as role models. Prevention<br />
activities target youth, focusing on public awareness and social norm change.<br />
www.sportinsociety.org<br />
Missouri Care Health Plan Health Screening Program State of Missouri<br />
Medicaid health plan providing screening for VAW in healthcare settings. Prevention activities<br />
focus on public awareness and systems change.<br />
www.chcs.org/spotlight/2003February<br />
Physicians for a Violence-Free Society San Francisco, California<br />
Addresses all kinds of violence, including VAW, by defining physicians’ role in preventing violence.<br />
www.pvs.org<br />
Silent Witness National Initiative National (U.S.)<br />
Public awareness prevention effort using life-size silhouettes representing women who have died as<br />
a result of domestic violence. The silhouettes are used in marches, vigils and other awareness<br />
events in Washington, D.C., and the Initiative provides support for all 50 states to develop their own<br />
Silent Witness programs.<br />
www.silentwitness.net<br />
White Ribbon Campaign Canada<br />
Newsletter, media campaigns, and educational materials dedicated to encouraging men to<br />
participate in ending VAW. Prevention activities focus on public awareness.<br />
www.whiteribbon.ca/wrchrome.htm<br />
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Efforts in the Primary Prevention of Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women (VAW)<br />
The following prevention efforts in <strong>Texas</strong> seem to employ promising practices for the prevention of<br />
VAW.<br />
Resource Description<br />
Arte Sana (Art Heals) Austin, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Culturally and linguistically appropriate community education,<br />
training, and technical assistance for VAW programs.<br />
Prevention activities focus on community organizing and<br />
promoting cultural competence. Website: www.arte-sana.com<br />
Contact Information<br />
Laura Zarate<br />
Email: lazarate@yahoo.com)<br />
ASAP (A Safety Awareness Program) Austin <strong>Texas</strong> Wendi Abramson<br />
Domestic violence and sexual assault services for individuals with Phone: (512) 267-7233)<br />
disabilities operated through Austin Safe Place (domestic violence and Email: wabramson@austin-safeplace.org<br />
rape crisis center). Prevention activities focus on education and promotion<br />
of cultural competence.<br />
Website: http://www.austin-safeplace.org/programs/disability/default.htm<br />
Center for Violence Prevention<br />
UT Health Sciences) San Antonio, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Promotes violence prevention related research, training and practice.<br />
Website: http://nursing.uthscsa.edu/CVP/cvp.shtml<br />
Margaret Brackley, R.N, Ph.D.<br />
Email: brackley@uthscsa.edu<br />
Coaching Boys Into Men Amarillo, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Susan Ginn<br />
Public awareness campaign involving local coaches and other male Phone: (806) 372-3202 x3082<br />
role models in educating boys and men about domestic violence. Email: susan@fss-ama.org<br />
Encouraging men to be positive role models for boys and communicate Family Support Services<br />
about violence against women.<br />
1001 S. Polk<br />
Susan Ginn phone: (806) 372-3202 x3082; (email: susan@fss-ama.org) Amarillo, TX 79101<br />
Expect Respect Austin, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Barri Rosenbluth<br />
School-based program focusing on the prevention of dating violence Phone: (512) 356-1628<br />
and sexual assault operated through Austin Safe Place (domestic violence Email: brosenbluth@austin-safeplace.org<br />
and rape crisis center), providing counseling, support groups,<br />
presentations, and training. Website: www.austin-safeplace.org/programs/school<br />
Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas Diane Bomash<br />
Dallas, <strong>Texas</strong> Phone: (214) 590-4457<br />
Coalitions on Domestic Violence Awareness, Child Abuse Prevention, Email: dbomas@parknet.pmh.org<br />
Elder Abuse Prevention and Family Violence Prevention create and Website: www.ipcdallas.pmh.org<br />
prevention projects, programs, and interventions. The coalitions are made<br />
execute up of representatives of various agencies, institutions, and<br />
groups in the community.<br />
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Contact Information<br />
Institute on Domestic Violence and<br />
Noel Busch, Ph.D.<br />
<strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> UT Center for Social Work Research Phone: (512) 471-3198<br />
University institute supporting research on domestic violence and Email: nbusch@mail.utexas.edu<br />
Austin, <strong>Texas</strong>sexual assault, training, technical assistance, and<br />
dissemination. Prevention activities focus on research and data<br />
information collection to inform policymakers and practitioners.<br />
Website: http://www.utexas.edu/research/cswr/idvsa/<br />
JOVEN San Antonio, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Richard Davidson<br />
Community-based organization targeting at-risk youth and their Phone: (210) 924-0330<br />
families with intervention and prevention programming.<br />
Email: joven@stic.net<br />
Prevention activities focus on education.<br />
Website: www.joven-sa.org<br />
Men’s Nonviolence Project<br />
TX Council on Family Violence<br />
(TX Council on Family Violence) Austin, TX Phone: 1-800-525-1978<br />
Public awareness prevention campaign directed at men, including<br />
posters and palmcards, and radio, television, outdoor, and<br />
print PSAs providing information on what constitutes abuse<br />
and urging men to speak to their peers about violence<br />
against women. Website: http://www.tcfv.org/programs_for_batterers.html<br />
Men’s Resource Center of South <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Emiliano Diaz de Leon<br />
Harlingen, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Email: ecddl@yahoo.com<br />
Men’s organization providing support groups to promote men’s<br />
nonviolence. Prevention activities focus on group and peer-based education.<br />
Migrant Clinicians Network Austin, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
Cesar Alvarado<br />
Violence prevention within migrant worker families. Prevention Phone: (512) 327-2017<br />
activities focus on public awareness and health care screening for Email: calverado@migrantclinician.org<br />
domestic violence. Website: www.migrantclinician.org<br />
MOSAIC Family Services Dallas, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
MOSAIC staff<br />
Provides shelter and services to domestic violence, as well as services Phone: (214) 821-5393<br />
to victims of trafficking, refugees, immigrants, and Hispanic communities<br />
as part of the East Dallas Counseling Center. Prevention activities focus<br />
on raising public awareness, community collaboration, and promoting<br />
cultural competence. Website: http://www.edcctexas.org/mission.html<br />
P.E.A.C.E. (Putting an End to Abuse through Patricia Castillo<br />
Community Efforts) Initiative – San Antonio, <strong>Texas</strong> Phone: (210) 533-2729<br />
Coalition of 52 institutions, organizations, and individuals working to Email: patpeace@texas.net<br />
end family violence through community organizing, collaboration, and<br />
promotion of cultural competence.<br />
Website: http://www.salsa.net/peace/initiative/index.html<br />
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Resource Description<br />
Contact Information<br />
Poder de la Mujer y las Americas El Paso, <strong>Texas</strong> Poder de la Mujer y las Americas<br />
Community directed peer-based empowerment program for immigrant Phone: (915) 544-5126<br />
women focusing on domestic violence. Prevention activities focused 106 East Yandell<br />
on public awareness and community organizing. El Paso, <strong>Texas</strong> 79902<br />
Program for the Reduction of Rural<br />
Nikki Van Hightower, Ph.D.<br />
Family Violence College Station, <strong>Texas</strong> Phone: (979) 847-8924<br />
Collaborative advocacy program targeting rural communities to<br />
Email: nikki@polisci.tamu.edu<br />
overcome obstacles to obtaining domestic violence services such as<br />
geographic isolation, weak economies, and lack of transportation.<br />
Prevention activities focus on public awareness and community organizing.<br />
Website: http://ruralfamilyviolence.tamu.edu<br />
Silent Witness Program<br />
TX Council on Family Violence<br />
(TX Council on Family Violence)Austin, TX (and statewide) Phone: 800-525-1978<br />
Public awareness effort using life-size silhouettes representing women<br />
who have died as a result of domestic violence. Silent witnesses were<br />
initially used in a march on the TX State Capitol, and now shelters<br />
and service providers around the state use the exhibit in local awareness events.<br />
Website: http://www.tcfv.org/silent_witness.html<br />
South <strong>Texas</strong> Family Planning and<br />
Cynthia Bunton<br />
Health Corporation Corpus Christi, <strong>Texas</strong> Phone: (361) 855-7333<br />
Screens for VAW in a healthcare setting, as well as provides prevention Email: cynthiabunton@stfphc.org<br />
and intervention services for victims. Prevention activities focus on public<br />
awareness and education.<br />
“Speak Up Speak Out” Campaign <strong>Against</strong> Chris Lippincott<br />
<strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> Austin, <strong>Texas</strong> Phone: (512) 474-7190 ext. 7777<br />
Research-based public awareness media campaign conducted<br />
Email: clippincott@taasa.org<br />
by the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> (TAASA) promoting<br />
the prevention of sexual assault.<br />
Website: http://www.taasa.org/media/default.php<br />
Students Taking Action for Respect (STARs) Byron Thompson<br />
Austin, <strong>Texas</strong> Phone: (512) 474-7190 x 7014<br />
Involves youth in educating and empowering fellow students in a Email: bthompson@taasa.org<br />
peer-led program focusing on ending dating violence and sexual assault. Website: www.taasa.org/star<br />
Un Nuevo Amanecer/A New Dawn Weslaco, <strong>Texas</strong> Alicia Vasquez<br />
Peer-based promotora program in collaboration with Planned Phone: (956) 969-8185<br />
Parenthood and Mujeres Unidas/Women United shelter to promote Email: welsacomujeres@juno.com<br />
education and public awareness about domestic violence, sexual assault, 301 W. Bus. Hwy. 83<br />
and child abuse. Prevention activities focus on public awareness. Weslaco, TX 78569<br />
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APPENDIX E<br />
Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women (VAW) Related Links<br />
A list of websites and online resources to inform those developing efforts to end domestic violence<br />
(DV), sexual assault (SA), and stalking.<br />
VAW Policy and Government Agencies/Programs<br />
American Bar <strong>Association</strong> Commission on Domestic Violence<br />
Broad range of information on DV, has link to extensive VAW statistics.<br />
www.abanet.org/domviol or www.abnet.org/domviol/stats.html (statistics)<br />
Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice<br />
Current statistics on VAW and other related topics www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/<br />
Center for Women Policy Studies<br />
Multiethnic and multicultural feminist research, policy analysis and advocacy. Several VAW-related<br />
research programs. www.centerwomenpolicy.org<br />
Family Violence Department, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court<br />
Judges<br />
Information on improving the response of courts and law enforcement to VAW issues.<br />
www.ncjfcj.org/dept/fvd/<br />
Office of Victims of Crime (OVC)<br />
Resources and information about all types of crime, including victims of VAW.<br />
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc<br />
Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women Office at U.S. Department of Justice<br />
VAW funding information, statistics, and federal laws and regulations addressing VAW. Also has<br />
link to “best” or model practices in the area of VAW. www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo<br />
Violence Policy Center<br />
Research on all kinds of violence in America, advocates development of violence-reduction policies.<br />
Focus on firearms. www.vpc.org/index2.htm#women<br />
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General Information and Resources on VAW<br />
National Resources<br />
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)<br />
VAW issues section. www.acog.org/goto/noviolence<br />
Community United <strong>Against</strong> Violence Network (CAVNET)<br />
Research site featuring articles and resources on DV, SA, and stalking. www.cavnet.org<br />
Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence<br />
Coalition of business leaders committed to raising awareness about VAW. Funding resources.<br />
www.caepv.org<br />
Family Violence Prevention Fund<br />
Resources on the prevention of family violence. News updates on VAW in the media, and some<br />
research articles on prevention of VAW. http://www.endabuse.org<br />
Family Violence and <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> Institute<br />
– Research on VAW, bulletin on VAW issues, training and educational materials. www.fvsai.org<br />
MediaEd<br />
Resources on documentaries and videos addressing VAW prevention training and public<br />
awareness. www.mediaed.org<br />
Minnesota Center <strong>Against</strong> Violence and Abuse Electronic Clearinghouse<br />
(MINCAVA)<br />
Includes many useful links to VAW related topics and resources.http://www.mincava.umn.edu/<br />
National Center for Human Rights Education<br />
Focus on VAW as a human rights issue, connecting VAW with related social change efforts.<br />
Information on community organizing.<br />
http://www.nchre.org/<br />
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)<br />
A CDC web page with links to different types of family violence as well as general injury issues.<br />
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/<br />
National Coalition <strong>Against</strong> Domestic Violence<br />
National advocacy organization focusing on governmental policies addressing domestic violence.<br />
www.ncdv.org<br />
National Domestic Violence Hotline<br />
Extensive resources on DV. www.ndvh.org<br />
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National Network to End Domestic Violence<br />
Focuses mainly on legislation and funding for VAW.www.nnedv.org<br />
National Organization for Men <strong>Against</strong> Sexism (NOMAS)<br />
nformation on pro-feminist men’s movement and men’s involvement in VAW prevention.<br />
www.nomas.org<br />
National Organization for Women (NOW)<br />
Organization of feminist activists working to eliminate discrimination and end VAW, among other<br />
feminist causes. www.now.org<br />
National <strong>Sexual</strong> Violence Resource Center<br />
Clearinghouse for resources and research on sexual violence. www.nsvrc.org<br />
National Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women Prevention Research Center<br />
– Sponsored by the CDC. Targeting scientists, practitioners, advocates, grassroots organizations,<br />
anyone interested in topics related to VAW and its prevention.<br />
http://www.vawprevention.org/main3.shtml<br />
Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN)<br />
Operates the National <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong> Hotline and organizes prevention and intervention programs.<br />
www.rainn.org<br />
ROAR (Reducing Our <strong>Assault</strong> Risk)<br />
Information on Interpersonal Violence. http://www.fmarion.edu/~roar/violence.htm<br />
Stalking Resource Center<br />
Definitions and statistics on stalking. www.ncvc.org/src/statistics/nvawsurvey.html.<br />
VAWnet Library<br />
Research site for VAW related issues. www.vawnet.org<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Resources<br />
Austin SafePlace<br />
Domestic violence and sexual assault prevention and intervention center. www.austin-safeplace.org<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Council on Family Violence<br />
Coalition of DV organizations, networks and individuals working to end family violence.<br />
www.tcfv.org<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Against</strong> <strong>Sexual</strong> <strong>Assault</strong><br />
State association for organizations and individuals working on sexual assault issues. www.taasa.org<br />
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Social Change and VAW Prevention Information<br />
Alternatives to Domestic Aggression<br />
Information on batterer intervention and prevention. www.csswashtenaw.org/ada<br />
Prevention Pathways<br />
Information and resources on model prevention programs, evaluation, and program<br />
implementation. Not limited to VAW. http://preventionpathways.samhsa.gov/default.cfm<br />
Transforming Communities<br />
Based in San Francisco CA, this organization provides technical assistance and resources to DV<br />
prevention efforts using a community organizing model. www.transformcommunities.org<br />
Articles/Papers Online:<br />
Fullwood, Catlin P., Family Violence Prevention Fund. “Preventing Family Violence: Community<br />
Engagement Makes the Difference.” http://endabuse.org/programs/children/files/Preventing.pdf<br />
Hart, Barbara J. Coordinated Community Approaches to Domestic Violence. Paper presented at<br />
the Strategic Planning Workshop on Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women, National Institute of Justice,<br />
Washington D.C.: March 31, 1995. Online. Available: www.mincava.umn.edu/hart/nij.htm.<br />
Minnesota Program Development, Inc., The Duluth Model. Online.<br />
Available: www.duluth—model.org/.<br />
VAW Prevention with Children and Youth<br />
Colorado Anti-Bullying Project<br />
Links to Anti-Bullying sites www.no-bully.com/links.html<br />
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center<br />
Link to publications on VAW prevention topics. Sponsored by the CDC, many of the resources are<br />
links to CDC web pages. http://www.safeyouth.org/pubs/inetmatcatselect.cfm<br />
VAW and the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Community<br />
Community United <strong>Against</strong> Violence (CUAV)<br />
Information on domestic violence within the LGBT community. www.xq.com/cuav<br />
Gay Men’s Domestic Violence Project<br />
Advocacy and resources for gay men experiencing DV. www.gmdvp.org<br />
Network for Battered Lesbians and Bisexual Women<br />
Advocacy and resources for lesbian and bisexual women experiencing DV.<br />
www.thenetworklared.org<br />
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VAW and Communities of Color<br />
Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence<br />
National forum for information, research, resources and other issues about VAW in Asian and<br />
Pacific Islander communities. www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute<br />
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community<br />
Research and advocacy addressing VAW among African Americans. www.dvinstitute.org.<br />
Mending the Sacred Hoop Technical Assistance Project<br />
Information and research addressing VAW in Native American communities.<br />
www.msh-ta.org/index.htm<br />
National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence<br />
National advocacy organization working to end DV in Latino communities.www.dvalianza.org<br />
Article Online:<br />
Davis, Angela. “The Color of Violence <strong>Against</strong> Women.” Keynote address presented at the Color<br />
Lines Color of Violence Conference, Santa Cruz: March 2002.<br />
www.arc.org/C_Lines/CLArchive/story3_3_02.html.<br />
VAW and Elderly<br />
National Center on Elder Abuse<br />
Information on all types of elder abuse, including sexual and domestic abuse.<br />
http://www.elderabusecenter.org/<br />
National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse<br />
Legislative and policy work to end ally types of elder abuse. http://www.preventelderabuse.org/<br />
VAW and People with Disabilities<br />
Center for Research on Women with Disabilities (CROWD)<br />
Resources/publications on DV and SA and women with disabilities. www.bcm.tmc.edu/crowd<br />
Disabled Women’s Network (DAWN) Ontario<br />
Information and resources on many issues facing women with disabilities, including VAW.<br />
http://dawn.thot.net<br />
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Incarcerated Men, Women, and Youth<br />
Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR)<br />
Outreach, education and advocacy to stop sexual violence toward incarcerated men, women and<br />
youth. www.spr.org<br />
Religion and VAW<br />
Center for the Prevention of <strong>Sexual</strong> and Domestic Violence<br />
Inter-religious educational resource addressing SA and DV from the perspective of faith<br />
communities. www.cpsdv.org<br />
Health Screening for VAW<br />
California Medical Training Center<br />
Trains medical professionals to address DV and SA. www.mtc.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu<br />
Family Violence Prevention Fund.<br />
The National Consensus Guidelines on Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence<br />
Victimization in Health Care Settingswww.endabuse.org/programs.<br />
National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence (project of FVPF)<br />
Support, training, and resources for health care professionals and policy makers<br />
www.endabuse.org/health<br />
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