TDH Booklet4 - Texas Association Against Sexual Assault

Plan for Action
to help prevent VAW. For example, Judith McFarlane at Texas
Woman’s University in Houston, together with colleagues, has
contributed significantly to research assessing risk factors for
femicide, health care professionals’ ability to prevent VAW,
implications of intimate partner stalking, gun availability, abuse
among Latina pregnant women and effects of VAW on children. 94
Much of this research takes place in Texas among the state’s diverse
population and involves high levels of collaboration. Likewise, state
agencies are increasingly working together and with service
providers, research institutes and advocates to create shared
methods of tracking important data.
Future Directions:
Texas stakeholders want to know what works to end sexual
assault, domestic violence and stalking in their communities so that
they may utilize limited resources effectively and garner support for
funding successful strategies. They plan to collect culturally
appropriate data through research that includes community
engagement, longitudinal studies and assessment of clearly defined
outcome markers, in order to understand, design, implement and
evaluate prevention efforts. In so doing, Texas will demonstrate
leadership in contributing to national and international efforts to
better understand the complexities of violence against women, while
providing badly needed evidence of strategies that show promise in
ending sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking.
A STRATEGIC PLAN TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN TEXAS
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