Primary prevention programs for domestic violence

The Prevention Coordinator collaborates with local schools and after-school centers to schedule and implement primary prevention groups, in which youth develop positive, non-violent relationship skills that can be used to avoid becoming victims or perpetrators of intimate partner violence.

Additionally, the Prevention Coordinator provides training to program staff on how to support youth in further developing healthy relationship skills.

Group sessions are presented in a weekly, one-hour format, using evidence-informed curriculum that is combined with a variety of hands-on, skill-building activities tailored to foster healthy attitudes and behaviors toward dating relationships.

Shelter House is committed to making sure the needs of the children are addressed and met to the best of its ability.

The topics covered include stress reduction, cognitive-behavioral techniques for healing trauma, and a curriculum for women who struggle with anger. The organization's projects include NativeLove, which works to raise awareness and end violence against Native youth, and the StrongHearts Native HelpLine, which offers culturally appropriate support and resources for Native Americans affected by domestic violence. The activities include teaching safe and healthy relationship skills, engaging influential adults and peers, disrupting the developmental pathways that create intimate partner violence, creating protective environments, and strengthening economic supports and other support services for families.

The results of the interviews show how programs are conceptualizing trauma-informed work and how using evidence-based practices improves outcomes for those who are served. Using Data in Domestic Violence Work: Spotlight on the Ohio Domestic Violence Network Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody Highlights an evidence-based pilot program for domestic violence in Ohio that worked to implement enhanced data collection, evaluation, and capacity building to improve services.

Using Data in Domestic Violence Work: Spotlight on the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody Summarizes an evidence-based pilot program implemented in West Virginia, which helped an existing domestic violence program use data to better understand the impact of local policy changes and training programs designed to increase awareness of those changes.

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