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USA - MODELS IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
PREVENTION
Models
in Domestic Violence Prevention - CDC's (Centers for Disease Control &
Prevention ) DELTA Program - by VAWnet, The National Online Resource
Center on Violence Against Women (August 2011)
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of Contents:
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“Our
vision is to be a catalyst for creating empowered and transformed
individuals, partnerships, communities and societies committed to respectful
collaborative processes that promote a lasting legacy of equality, peace and
social justice." ~ The National DELTA Collaborative |
Special thanks to the National
Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence (NCDSV), with whom NRCDV/VAWnet has
a collaborative relationship to support the CDC Foundation's DELTA and DELTA
PREP grantees in their work to prevent intimate partner violence. The NCDSV
also maintains extensive lists of publications
and links
to DELTA Program-related resources. In addition, we'd like to recognize
VAWnet's partner in prevention-focused resource provision and DELTA program
support, PreventConnect.org,
whose resources are highlighted below.
About CDC's DELTA Program
Nearly one decade after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
initiated the Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership Through
Alliances (DELTA) Program, there is a strong foundation of information and
lessons learned regarding promising practices in the primary prevention of
intimate partner violence. This collection highlights the successes of this
program and its grantees, providing materials to support replication of these
efforts across the
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"Beginning in 2002, CDC provided cooperative agreements and other supports with Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) funding to develop the Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) Program. Through DELTA, CDC supports 14 state-level domestic violence coalitions to build organizational capacity and state leadership for IPV primary prevention as well as provide prevention-focused training, technical assistance, and financial support to local coordinated community responses (CCRs). Local CCRs, in collaboration with their state coalition, then plan, implement, and conduct program improvement evaluations of their multi-level change strategies to prevent IPV, addressing the unique needs and culture of their communities" (CDC, 2011). |
The DELTA program seeks to reduce the incidence of intimate partner violence by providing funding to support local CCR's adoption of primary prevention principles and practices. As illustrated in the diagram below, local nonprofit organizations serve as the fiscal agents through which resources are provided to local CCRs to accomplish this goal through increased cooperation and coordination among participating sectors.
The 14 states that receive DELTA funding are highlighted on the map below. For an overview of each state program, local projects, and contact information for each state coordinator, visit the CDC's Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) US maps.
Further detail about the DELTA Program is provided in the CDC publications listed here.
- DELTA and DELTA PREP: Building
Capacity for Primary Prevention of IPV |
PDF (2 p.)
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (2011)
This 2-pager describes the CDC funded DELTA and DELTA PREP projects that support state/territory domestic violence coalitions as they 1) build organizational readiness; 2) enhance their state and community-level abilities to prevent IPV; and 3) build evidence for effective primary prevention practices, programs, and policies.
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- The DELTA Program: At A
Glance
| PDF
(4 p.)
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2008)
Describes the authorizing legislation for the Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) Program, provides examples of prevention work from various states, and serves to raise awareness, interest, and support.
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- Domestic Violence
Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) |
HTML PDF
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
Describes the history, purpose, concepts, and activities related to the CDC's DELTA Program, funding state domestic violence coalitions to build IPV prevention capacity within their organization, state, and local communities.
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Key Domestic Violence Prevention Resources
Familiarity with the following key resources will help establish a baseline understanding of the core principles and strategies used to approach the primary prevention of domestic violence within a public health framework.
- Principles of Prevention | HTML
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
This online course teaches key concepts of primary prevention, the public health approach, and the social-ecological model.
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- A Prevention Primer for
Domestic Violence: Terminology, Tools, and the Public Health Approach | HTML PDF
(10 p.)
by Linda Chamberlain with contributions from Julie Ann Rivers-Cochran (March 2008)
This document provides an introduction to basic prevention concepts by exploring the public health approach, two classification systems, a planning tool used to develop more comprehensive initiatives, and the importance of understanding terminology.
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- Mobilizing Communities
to Prevent Domestic Violence | HTML PDF (9
p.)
by Melanie Shepard with contributions from Deborah Zelli (November 2008)
This Applied Research document provides an overview of the research on community mobilization to prevent domestic violence, explores guiding concepts and frameworks, and discusses the challenges of implementing community mobilization strategies.
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- Preventing Intimate
Partner and Sexual Violence Against Women: Taking Action and Generating
Evidence
| PDF (102 p.)
by the World Health Organization and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2010)
This document aims to provide sufficient information for policy-makers and planners to develop data-driven and evidence-based programs for preventing intimate partner and sexual violence against women.
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- Poised for Prevention:
Advancing Promising Approaches to Primary Prevention of Intimate Partner
Violence
| PDF (39 p.)
by Lisa Fujie Parks, Larry Cohen, and Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz for the Prevention Institute (January 2007)
Includes a discussion of primary prevention of IPV, promising approaches to environmental/norms change, an examination of IPV primary prevention within immigrant communities, recommended actions to building momentum, and immediate next steps.
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- Through a Public Health
Lens. Preventing Violence against Women: An Update from the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention | PDF (8 p.)
by Corinne M. Graffunder, MPH, Rita K. Noonan, Ph.D., Pamela Cox, MPH, and Jocelyn Wheaton, MPH for the Journal of Womens Health 13(1): 5-14 (2004)
Explains how 4 core public health principles - emphasizing primary prevention, advancing the science of prevention, translating science into effective programs, & building on the efforts of others - drive current programmatic activities in prevention.
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- Training Professionals
in the Primary Prevention of Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence: A
Planning Guide
| PDF (85 p.)
by Deborah Fisher, Karen S. Lang, and Jocelyn Wheaton for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010)
This Guide describes how to develop, implement, and evaluate a training process, taking into account your available level of resources - by turning awareness and knowledge into mastered skills and practices to prevent sexual or intimate partner violence.
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- Making the Case for
Domestic Violence Prevention Through the Lens of Cost-Benefit: A Manual
for Domestic Violence Prevention Practitioners | PDF (180 p.)
by Angela Browne-Miller for Transforming Communities: Technical Assistance, Training and Resource Center (TC-TAT) (June 2006)
Provides a step-by-step approach to understanding how cost-benefit thinking can be applied to domestic violence prevention. Each chapter offers an overview, definition and discussion of relevant terms, statistics and examples, and user-friendly worksheets.
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DELTA State
Each of the 14 state domestic violence coalitions supported by CDC to carry out the vision of the DELTA Program has demonstrated outcomes such as training, public awareness campaigns, and resource development. The materials provided below offer a snapshot of the work of each funded state related to the DELTA Program, including statewide plans, highlighted outcomes, and links to their prevention-focused webpages, where available.