Intervention & Prevention Content Topic Results
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
October 2011
Changing Perceptions of Sexual Violence Over Time
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
The author reviews available research on perceptions held by the general public about sexual violence and how they have changed over time. She also makes recommendations for future practice, which include discussing the root causes of sexual violence and addressing subtle victim blaming.
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- General Material
October 2011
Safety and Services: Women of color speak about their communities
Publisher(s):The project upon which this report is based invited African American women to express their views on services for victims and survivors of domestic violence, in particular the needs of survivors in low-income communities.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
October 2011
New language, old problem: Sex trafficking of American Indian women and children
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research paper summarizes findings of existing research and other documents on sex trafficking of Native women and girls in the U.S. and Canada and the legal issues related to their protection.
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- General Material
October 2011
Indian Health Service: Continued Efforts Needed to Help Strengthen Response to Sexual Assaults and Domestic Violence
Publisher(s): This study by the GAO mandated under the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 examines the ability of IHS and tribally operated hospitals to collect and preserve medical forensic evidence in cases of sexual assault and domestic violence.
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- General Material
September 2011
From Data to Prevention III: Framing Data to Demonstrate the Need for Primary Prevention
Publisher(s):This web conference explored NISVS and its messaging implications for the field, tools for creating a strong message framework around IPV/SV/stalking data, and addressed workshop questions solicited from the field in advance of the web conference.
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- Training Tools
- General Material
September 2011
Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education: What Domestic Violence Advocates Need to Know
Publisher(s):National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV), National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC)
This webinar explores questions such as: What is Healthy Marriage and Relationship (MRE) Education anyway? How have MRE programs worked with domestic violence coalitions and community-based domestic violence programs? What tools have been developed that might be helpful to our DV prevention efforts? Where are the opportunities for collaborative healthy relationship work going forward?
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- General Material
September 2011
Opening "Doorways" to Safer Schools
Publisher(s):The Doorways program is a series of manuals targeting three key audiences: teachers, students and community members. These three groups can create a critical mass in schools that will bring about transformative, lasting change.
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- General Material
September 2011
A Trauma-Informed Approach to Employment Support: Tools for Practice
Publisher(s): This document is part of the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, & Mental Health’s Creating Trauma-Informed Services Tipsheet Series and discusses how advocates can support survivors in obtaining and maintaining employment.
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- General Material
September 2011
We Can Do Better: Power and Control and Accountability Wheels for Male Aspiring Allies
These wheels, based on the Duluth Abuse Intervention Project (DAIP) model, provide a framework for explaining men’s abuse of power and control in work to address gendered violence. The author offers a model for accountable men’s work within anti-violence movements.
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- General Material
August 2011
Tips for Enhancing Emotional Safety
Publisher(s):This document is part of the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, & Mental Health’s Creating Trauma-Informed Services Tipsheet Series and explains how domestic violence advocates can increase peoples’ emotional safety while they are participating in programming.
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- General Material
August 2011
Tips for Creating a Welcoming Environment
Publisher(s):This tip sheet gives recommendations about creating welcoming environments for people who have experienced domestic abuse and other traumatic events.
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- General Material
August 2011
2009-2010 Assets and Opportunity Scorecard
Publisher(s):This page provides an overview of state IDA policies and scores for each state based on four key elements.