TDH Booklet4 - Texas Association Against Sexual Assault

Introduction - Texas Violence Against Women Prevention Project
Introduction – Texas Violence
Against Women Prevention Project
Vision: The primary prevention of domestic violence, sexual
assault and stalking is a public health priority in Texas.
Mission: To implement a comprehensive plan for the primary
prevention of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking that is
inclusive of all Texans and that includes strategies focusing on
individuals and families, communities, state level organizations
and government.
This report pronounces
the beginning of a
determined initiative to
implement a multitude of
innovative strategies to
make primary prevention
of violence against women
a public health priority in
Texas.
Principal Statements: Goals, objectives, and strategies aimed
at the primary prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence and
stalking will be appropriate for individuals and groups, taking into
account attributes such as age, gender, culture, disabilities, sexual
orientation, national origin, religious affiliation and socioeconomic
status.
The perspectives of those who have survived sexual assault,
domestic violence and stalking will be integral to prevention efforts.
This report marks the end of an intensive strategic planning
period for a committed group of stakeholders concerned with
ending sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking in Texas. At
the same time it pronounces the beginning of a determined
initiative to implement innovative strategies to make primary
prevention of violence against women 34 a public health priority in
Texas.
In the fall of 2002, the Bureau of Women’s Health at the Texas
Department of Health (TDH), with funding from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, began a statewide process to focus
on prevention of violence against women (VAW) and the role of
public health. A multidisciplinary project team quickly formed. The
team was made up of representatives from Texas Association
Against Sexual Assault (TAASA), Texas Council on Family Violence
(TCFV), Center for Health Training (CHT) and the Epidemiology and
Injury Prevention division of TDH. The organizing committee set out
to facilitate a participatory process to create a prevention-oriented
strategic plan that would lead to real action, represent the state’s
unique characteristics and build on existing efforts.
A STRATEGIC PLAN TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN TEXAS
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