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Child sexual abuse and future intimate partner violence

October 20, 2009

posted in: prevention

It is complicated examining the relationship between early childhood trauma and abuse in future relationships.  We do know about the profound impact of early trauma; and, at the same time, we recognize that being abused as a child does not condemn everyone to becoming abused as an adult. Recently I was looking at some public

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Cultural protective and risk factors

September 30, 2009

posted in: prevention

In a new article published online in the journal Child Abuse and Neglect, the authors focus on cultural protective and risk factors in their discussion about child sexual abuse in Kenya.  I appreciate the examination of cultural practices that may support prevention efforts as a strong method to develop a community based solution.  While this

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Measuring Prevention: Report from the CALCASA Web Conference

September 22, 2009

posted in: prevention

Last week over 50 people attended CALCASA’s web conference for California Rape Prevention & Education grantees on Measuring Prevention: Examining Strategies to Measure Effectiveness of Sexual Violence Prevention Program. Paul Schewe presented on approaches to evaluating prevention programs. Evaluating the outcomes of prevention efforts is complicated because there are so many social forces that contribute to sexual

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Virginia’a Guidelines for Primary Prevention

August 24, 2009

posted in: prevention

The Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance have just published an excellent report, Virginia’s Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence & Intimate Partner Violence. The authors suggest that the guidelines be used as an “organizing philosophy” to shape primary prevention strategies. Each of the nine guidelines detailed in this publication include examples

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