Engagement & Collaboration Content Topic Results
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Results displayed are grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections then by individual related materials. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
September 2006
Reaching Individuals Along All Literacy Levels
Publisher(s):The bulletin includes an overview of the link between literacy and sexual violence and tips on developing universal outreach, prevention, and intervention materials.
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- General Material
September 2006
Enforcing Domestic Violence Firearm Prohibitions: A Report on Promising Practices
Publisher(s):This report highlights promising practices that represent innovative approaches to enforcing domestic violence firearm prohibitions.
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- General Material
July 2006
Hurricanes Katrina/Rita and Sexual Violence: Report on Database of Sexual Violence Prevalence and Incidence Related to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Publisher(s):This is a preliminary report from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center on the first six months of data collection on sexual violence committed in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
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- General Material
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.
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- General Material
June 2006
Reshape Issue 19: Collaboration with Government Entities
Publisher(s):This newsletter of the National Sexual Assault Coalition Resource Sharing Project focuses on the ways that Sexual Assault Coalitions are building capacity for community collaborations as well as collaborations with governmental entities.
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- General Material
May 2006
It's Not Healthy If It's Not Safe: Responding to Domestic Violence Issues in Healthy Marriage Programs
Publisher(s):This paper explores the challenges, opportunities and lessons learned in the course of providing consultation and technical assistance about domestic violence protocol development at sites currently receiving federal funds for healthy marriage activities, and with domestic violence advocates attempting to partner with these programs and others. By way of establishing a context for the analysis, the paper provides a brief discussion on domestic violence prevalence and links to the marriage promotion debate.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
April 2006
HarborCOV: One Community's Effort to Build Comprehensive Solutions to Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):This paper describes how one local domestic violence program, located in Chelsea, MA, built an innovative organization that transformed services, improving options for women's safety and their families' well-being.
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- General Material
April 2006
Community Readiness: A Handbook for Successful Change
Publisher(s):The purpose is to guide communities and researchers to better understand the process of community change and to develop effective, culturally-appropriate, and community-specific strategies for prevention and intervention.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
February 2006
Casa de Esperanza: Mobilizing Latinas and Latino Communities to End Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):This issue of the BCS newsletter features the strengths-based, community engagement approach of Casa de Esperanza, of St. Paul, MN. The main article describes their work of mobilizing Latinas and Latino communities to end domestic violence.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
February 2006
Assessment for Lifetime Exposure to Violence as a Pathway to Prevention
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This document provides a brief overview of the research on lifetime exposure to violence and the long-term health consequences of violence. It also examines how assessment for lifetime exposure to violence can create a pathway to prevention.
Materials
- General Material
- Training Tools
February 2006
The Exploitation of Trafficked Women
Publisher(s):This resource is designed for police and other officials who work to address community problems related to trafficking and prostitution and to assist victims of trafficking.
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- General Material
January 2006
Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons
Publisher(s):This toolkit emphasizes comprehensive strategies based on a human rights framework.