TDH Booklet4 - Texas Association Against Sexual Assault

Appendicies - B Survey Analyses
FIGURE 4: Adoption of Policy Regarding VAW (N=306)
70
60
Percentage effort
50
40
30
20
Yes
No
Do Not
Know
10
0
Sexual Assault Domestic Violence Stalking
Categories of VAW
Public Awareness
A series of questions were posed on how the organization or clinic raised public awareness. 3
The most popular method reported for increasing public awareness was the distribution of
educational materials, followed by raising community awareness of VAW through parades and
fairs. The emphasis on public awareness was found to be more on domestic violence (75%) and
sexual assault (71 percent) than on stalking activities (37 percent). From Table 1, it is clear that the
majority of the organizations or clinics did not rely on newsletters/email, media campaigns and
community activities to raise public awareness of VAW. Surprisingly, very little public awareness is
reported beyond distribution of educational materials. The percentage of respondents who
promoted public awareness of primary prevention by sending out newsletters or informational email
messages ranged from 19 percent (sexual assault), to 23 percent (domestic violence) but only 14
percent did the same for stalking. Only 18 percent (sexual assault), 23 percent (domestic violence)
and 11 percent (stalking) of those surveyed used media campaigns such as radio/tv spots, signs on
buses and press conferences. Similarly, only 29 percent, 33 percent and 15 percent of
organizations or clinics used high visibility community activities such as parades and fairs for sexual
assault, domestic violence, and stalking respectively. Other means of raising public awareness
included tear strips, concealable information cards in waiting rooms and restrooms, as well as peerled
theatrical presentations.
TABLE 1: How Public Awareness of VAW Issues was Raised
Percentage using these strategies
Sexual
Assault
Domestic
Violence
Stalking
Distribute educational material n = 326 Yes 71 75 37
Send out related newsletter or informatin email messages n = 328 Yes 19 23 14
Media Campaigns (radio/tv spots/buses ads etc.) Yes 18 23 11
High Visibillity Community Activities such as parades & fairs Yes 29 33 15
n = 329
B-103 A STRATEGIC PLAN TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN TEXAS