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How can we prevent the most violence?

March 15, 2010

posted in: Prevention

Caroline Palmer, staff attorney at the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault, has written a very nice article in the March 2010 issue of the Violence Against Women Monitor about the importance of primary prevention.
She writes
“…we’ve asked ‘How can we lock up the most dangerous?’ We should be asking, ‘How can we prevent the most violence?’

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Migrant workers and prevention

March 10, 2010

posted in: Prevention

The Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (WCSAP) has released its latest issue of Partners in Social Change.  This issue focuses on sexual violence prevention among migrant workers. Articles include an interview with Emiliano Diaz de Leon talking about Migrant Clinicians Network’s Hombres Unidos Contra la Violencia Familiar (Men United Against Family Violence), Kimber Nicoletti on

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Considering research results from a rape prevention program

February 24, 2010

posted in: Prevention

As I review the new research published each week on sexual violence and intimate partner violence, sometimes I feel a tension between trusting science and trusting my own beliefs.  There are times that existing research indicates something that I do not believe. In those moments I have to reevaluate my beliefs and determine where I

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Prevent Connect 2010 web conference schedule announced

February 23, 2010

posted in: Prevention

As the national online community dedicated to advancing primary prevention of sexual violence and intimate partner violence, Prevent Connect hosts a series of popular web conferences. These web conferences are lively discussions where participants engage with guests to explore a wide range of prevention topics.
The theme for the web conferences in 2010 will be Changing

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Minnesota Summit to Prevent Sexual Violence report released

February 17, 2010

posted in: Prevention

Business leaders, faith leaders, government agencies, sports organizations joined sexual violence prevention practitioners to figure out how to prevent sexual violence in their communities. On December 3-4, 2010, over 200 people gathered in St. Paul at the Minnesota Summit to Prevent Sexual Violence.  (See my previous blog on the Summit.) The summary report has just

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Is awareness enough?

February 11, 2010

posted in: Education, Prevention

As we are half way through Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month and planning for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, I have been thinking about the role of awareness in prevention efforts. In a recent post, The Social Butterfly blog asks
So, why, fellow health marketing and do-gooders do we settle with “awareness-building?” To be frank,

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