TDH Booklet4 - Texas Association Against Sexual Assault

Plan for Action
Recommendation:
Evaluate progress in making prevention of sexual assault,
domestic violence and stalking public health priorities in
Texas.
Strategy:
1. Create interdisciplinary workgroup to designate and assess
outcome markers.
Partners:
Texas Department of Health – Family Planning Division, Texas
Association Against Sexual Assault, Texas Department of
Human Services – Family Violence Prevention Program, Texas
Council on Family Violence, South Texas Family Planning
Health Corporation, Migrant Clinicians Network
Recommendation:
Utilize Texas-specific research to implement policy that will aid
in the prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence and
stalking.
Strategies:
1. Form workgroup to prioritize policy initiatives (at the
legislative, organizational and other levels) based on
stakeholder input and existing research.
2. Facilitate the effective use of existing research in advocating
for the implementation of policy initiatives.
Partners:
Texas Department of Health – Family Planning Division, Texas
Association Against Sexual Assault, Texas Council on Family
Violence, Migrant Clinicians Network
Recommendation:
Share and link non-identifying data among systems in Texas
to support the prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence
and stalking.
Strategies:
1. Create workgroup of diverse entities that collect and utilize
data to identify available and missing data. Ensure that
advocates aware of client confidentiality issues are part of
decision-making process.
2. Establish infrastructure for the ongoing exchange of
appropriate prevention-oriented information.
Partners:
Texas Department of Health – Family Planning Division,
Department of Texas Human Services – Family Violence
Prevention Program, South Texas Family Planning Health
Corporation, Migrant Clinicians Network
A STRATEGIC PLAN TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN TEXAS
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