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June 2021
A Health Equity Approach to Preventing Sexual Violence
Publisher(s): Preventing sexual violence means we all must address deep-rooted abuses of power that contribute to inequities in health, safety, and well-being. This publication from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center and Prevention Institute offers insight into how employ a health equity approach to sexual violence prevention.
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January 2018
Toward Community Health and Justice: Themes and Summaries from the 2017 PreventConnect Web Conference Series
Publisher(s): Representing directions for the field of sexual and domestic violence prevention, this report summarizes the 2017 PreventConnect web conference series that focused on community-level prevention strategies, partnering with other sectors and movements, and how sexual and domestic violence relate to health equity and multiple forms of violence.
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July 2017
A Health Equity and Multisector Approach to Preventing Domestic Violence
Publisher(s): A multisector health equity approach addresses the underlying contributors to DV and inequities in DV (harmful norms, weak community responses, housing insecurity, economic insecurity, and others) and promotes community environments that support safe and equitable relationships and communities. This publication offers research, analysis, and frameworks to understand factors within communities that support safe relationships and reduction of domestic violence.
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August 2016
WEBINAR: THRIVE: A Framework for Understanding the Community Determinants of Intimate Partner Violence
Publisher(s):On this PreventIPV webinar, presenters explored how THRIVE can be used as a practical framework and tool to support local IPV prevention efforts in diverse community contexts.
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July 2014
Connecting the Dots: An Overview of the Links Among Multiple Forms of Violence
Publisher(s): Connecting the Dots: An Overview of the Links Among Multiple Forms of Violence was co-developed by CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention and Prevention Institute. This brief shares research on connections between different forms of violence and describes how these connections affect communities.
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Building Healthy Places with People and for People: Community Engagement for Healthy and Sustainable Communities
Publisher(s):Learning objectives include:
Define community engagement and understand the various ways it can happen
Describe why community engagement is important to creating healthier built environments
Understand how to facilitate successful community engagement to build healthy communities
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July 2011
Collaboration Multiplier
Publisher(s):Collaboration Multiplier is an interactive framework and tool for analyzing collaborative efforts across fields.
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August 2009
Moving From Them to Us: Challenges in Reframing Violence Among Youth
Publisher(s):This paper explores how youth and violence have been framed in the media, how the issue of race complicates depictions of youth and violence, and how public attitudes about government can inhibit public support for strategies to effectively prevent violence. Commissioned by UNITY/Prevention Institute and written by the Berkeley Media Studies Group, this paper makes recommendations for the next steps in reframing violence among youth.
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May 2009
Transforming Communities to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: A Primary Prevention Approach
Publisher(s):The following pages lay out a primary prevention approach with a special focus on effecting change by influencing policies and altering organizational practices.We begin with a short discussion of emerging environmental challenges followed by an examination of specific norms that contribute to child sexual abuse and exploitation.
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January 2009
Reducing Inequities in Health and Safety through Prevention
Publisher(s):This memo offers a suggested strategy for developing a comprehensive, prevention-oriented approach to health equity, starting with the highest levels of the federal government and continuing to states and communities.
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January 2007
Poised for Prevention: Advancing Promising Approaches to Primary Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence
Publisher(s):This document serves to build momentum for a national primary prevention strategy to prevent intimate partner violence.
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June 2006
Creating Safe Environments: Violence Prevention Strategies and Programs
Publisher(s):"This report provides an overview of promising violence prevention initiatives across the nation, with special focus on the primary prevention of violence affecting youth and adult intimate partner violence. Specific attention is given to initiatives directed at particularly vulnerable populations, including racial/ethnic groups, immigrants, low-income populations, girls and women, and others.