DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN TEEN POPULATION WITHIN KENT COUNTY

By: Kaitlyn Baldwin, Kimberly Nix, Maria Kurlenda, Amanda Hubbard, Nicole Hilliard, & Samantha Pedigo

Windshield Survey of Kent County

Windshield Survey of Kent County

Problem Statement

The teen population in the community of Kent County are at risk for domestic violence as evidenced by the rise in domestic violence crime rate statistics related to the lack of early education about prevention of domestic violence.

Healthy 2020 Goal: Injury & Violence Prevention

Goal: Prevent unintentional injuries and violence, and reduce their consequences.

Determinants Affecting Prevalence of Violence: Individual Behaviors Physical Environment Access to Services Social Environment

In the area of violence, there is a need to better understand the trends, causes, and prevention strategies related to: Bullying, dating violence, and sexual violence among youth Elder maltreatment, particularly with respect to quantifying

and understanding the problem “Injury & Violence Prevention”. (2012). HealthPeople2020. Retrieved November 2, 2013 from http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.aspx?topicid=24

Kent County Domestic Violence Statistics

4,092 victims in Kent County 1,273 victims with minor apparent injury 17 victims had apparent broken bones 733 victims were black 3,067 victims were white 2,686 victims were female 1,393 victims were male

Prosecutor's Report on Domestic Violence in Kent County

Annual Report Prosecuter’s Office. (2012) accessKent. Retrieved September 29, 2013 from http://www.accesskent.com/Courts/Prosecutor/pdfs/2012_Annual_Report.pdf

Statewide Statistics

2012 Statistics 9,372 victims in the state of Michigan

were aggravated assault. 88 victims lost their lives due to

domestic violence. 50,772 victims were non-aggravated

assault.

Nationwide Statistics

1: 4 Women will experience Domestic Violence in her lifetime

64,324 Victims reported in one day Every year, 3.2 million men are the

victims of an assault by an intimate partner

Every year in the United states 1,000 to 1,600 women die at the hands of their male partners

Kent County Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths:Various Shelters, Women’s Resource Center,

HealthDepartments, Kent County Domestic Violence

CommunityCoordinated Response Team

Weaknesses: Lack of Domestic Violence Education in

Schools withinKent County

Harkness, G.A., & DeMarco, R.F. (2012). Community and Public Health Nursing Practice: Evidence for Practice. Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins: Philadelphia

Learning Model: A behavior change model emphasizing reinforcement of social competence, problem solving, autonomy, and sense of purpose.

Our Plan to Reduce Prevalence of Domestic Violence amongst Teens

Plan: Education and Awareness Domestic

Violence Program for all Kent County High Schools; Grades 9-12

Area of Focus: Power and Control Wheel Education and utilizing Equality Wheel for Interventions

Pre-Program Survey to assess current knowledge and awareness of different types of Domestic Violence

Post-Program Survey to assess new knowledge following program

Our Plan to Reduce Prevalence of Domestic Violence amongst Teens

Why Domestic Violence Education for Teens in Kent County Schools?

Social Determinants of Teen Population Race/Ethnicity Life Conditions Education Culture Religion Socio-economic

Our Plan to Reduce Prevalence of Domestic Violence amongst Teens

Barriers to Our Program Parents Ability to have time in schools Cultural Society Media

Our Plan to Reduce Prevalence of Domestic Violence amongst Teens

WHO: Teens in Kent County; Grades 9-12 WHAT: Domestic Violence in Teen

Population Program to educate on types of Domestic Violence and display behaviors for healthy relationships

WHY: Rising rate of Domestic Violence in Kent County; Lack of education in schools

WHERE: Kent County High Schools WHEN: During Sex Education for 1 hour

session

Primary Prevention:Power & Control Wheel

Utilizing Power & Control Wheel to educate and promote awareness on various types of Domestic Violence

For those that have experienced some form of Domestic Violence, Power & Control Wheel will be used to help the victim acknowledge that he or she has or is experiencing Domestic Violence

Secondary Prevention: Equality Wheel

Equality Wheel used for batterers to acknowledge how a healthy relationship should be.

Equality Wheel depicts what healthy behaviors should be present to achieve healthy relationships

Tertiary Prevention: Ongoing Counseling

For the teens that have acknowledged the different types of abuse and have escaped the abuse, ongoing counseling through the schools, Women’s Resource Center, Community Mental Health, and/or Health Department will be necessary

Local Resources and Likely Partnering Agencies

Schools: Counselors, Teachers, Principles Parents Community Mental Health Women’s Resource Center: Various

Shelters Law Enforcement Health Departments Teen Centers Kent County Domestic Violence

Community Coordinated Response Team Survivor’s Handbook for Kent County

Evidence Base Practice

Recent study in New York assessed school-level interventions focused on dating violence in middle schools

Study compared various settings of interventions compared to no interventions at all

School-level interventions were found to have a 50% reduction in dating violence

The intervention: curriculum emphasizing consequences for perpetrators, state laws and penalties, construction of gender roles, and healthy relationships

“Prevention and Intervention of Teen Dating Violence. (November 14, 2012). National Institute of Justice. Retrieved October 29, 2013 from http://www.nij.gov/nij/topics/crime/intimate-partner-violence/teen-dating-violence/prevention-intervention.htm

Evidence Base Practice

Domestic Violence Evidence Project created to implement interventions and prevention strategies in cases of domestic violence

In 2012, four state coalitions were funded to enhance domestic violence services for children and youth by DVEP

Studies revealed 50% of abused women had children abused by perpetrator as well

Intervention: designs, creates domestic violence programs for children to enhance prevention, awareness

Domestic Violence Evidence Project. (2012). retrieved November 12 2013, from Futures Without Violence Web Site: http://promising.futureswithoutviolence.org/advancing-the-field/documenting-our-success/domestic-violence-evidence-project/

Evidence Base Practice

1994 Violence Against Women/Children Act established

Intervention: allow for greater attention to domestic violence by health and human service providers

Increased community and public awareness of domestic violence issues

Resulting decrease in reported domestic violence cases, increased victim proaction

Macy, Rebecca J. & Ermentrout, D. (2009). Developing, Delivering, and Teaching Evidence-Based Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services . , . retrieved November 12 2013, from http://ssw.unc.edu/files/web/pdf/__Sexual_Assault_Consensus_Practices_final-1.pdf

Evidence Base Practice

Universal school-based violence prevention program created 2011

Study included follow-up to evaluate effectiveness of programs on buffering domestic violence in teen communities

Interventions: educating teens on signs of domestic violence, warning behaviors

Follow-up findings reveal increased teen awareness, decrease dating and domestic violence

Crooks, C.V. Scott, K., Ellis, W., & Wolfe, D.A. (2011). Impact of a Universal School-based Violence Prevention Program on Violence Deliquency . Violence Prevention, 35(6). retrieved November 11 2013, from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21652072

Evaluation

Desired Outcomes and Goals: Decrease in Domestic Violence Cases

amongst Teens Increased Awareness of Different Types of

Abuse Increased Available Resources Increased Awareness of Healthy

Relationship Behaviors

Evaluation

Short Term: Evaluate Pre and Post Program Surveys to access knowledge and awareness of types of Domestic Violence, Resources if Domestic Violence is experienced, and Behaviors that should be present in a healthy relationship

Long Term: Follow up with high schools at least two years following program to access prevalence of Domestic Violence

Evaluation

References

Annual Report Prosecutor's Office. (2012). retrieved September 29 2013, from access.Kent Web Site: http://www.accesskent.com/Courts/Prosecutor/pdfs/2012_Annual_Report.pdf

Crooks, C.V. Scott, K., Ellis, W., & Wolfe, D.A. (2011). Impact of a Universal School-based Violence Prevention Program on Violence Deliquency . Violence Prevention, 35(6). retrieved November 11 2013, from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21652072

Domestic Violence Evidence Project. (2012). retrieved November 12 2013, from Futures Without Violence Web Site: http://promising.futureswithoutviolence.org/advancing-the-field/documenting-our-success/domestic-violence-evidence-project/

Harkness, G.A. & DeMarco, R.F. (2012). Community and Public Health Nursing Practice: Evidence for Practice . Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

Injury and Violence Prevention. (2012). retrieved November 2 2013, from Healthy People 2020 Web Site: http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.aspx?topicid=24

References

Macy, Rebecca J. & Ermentrout, D. (2009). Developing, Delivering, and Teaching Evidence-Based Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services . , . retrieved November 12 2013, from http://ssw.unc.edu/files/web/pdf/__Sexual_Assault_Consensus_Practices_final-1.pdf

MICR (Michigan Incident Crime Reporting)

Prevention and Intervention of Teen Dating Violence. (2012). retrieved October 29 2013, from National Institute of Justice Web Site: http://www.nij.gov/nij/topics/crime/intimate-partner-violence/teen-dating-violence/prevention-intervention.htm

. (n.d) retrieved October 29 2013, from http://nnedv.org/downloads/Census/DVCounts2012/DVCounts12_NatlSummary_Color.pdf

. (n.d) retrieved October 31 2013, from http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/domviol/men.htm

. (n.d) retrieved November 4 2013, from https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/jr000250g.pdf