TDV Environmental Scan Jon Roesler, et al. TDV Reception August 12, 2010 St. Paul, MN
Mar 27, 2015
TDV Environmental Scan
Jon Roesler, et al.
TDV ReceptionAugust 12, 2010St. Paul, MN
Background
What?
So What?
Now What?
What is TDV Prevention?
Dating Violence: physical, sexual, or psychological/emotional violence within a dating relationship
Age Group: dating violence activities among high risk youth ages 10-19
Primary Prevention: Aims to reduce first-time perpetration & victimization
What is Minnesota’s TDV Project?
22 month, $390K grant from CDC bring together partners identify & evaluate TDV prevention programs Identify gaps develop a plan to prevent TDV
Partnerships! MDH Sexual Violence Prevention Program Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women Other partners
Five other states w/ similar grants – California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, & Pennsylvania
Environmental ScanPurpose
To better understand: current TDV prevention activities local leadership & support for TDV
prevention Focus on identifying:
primary prevention programs activities organizational policies organizational evaluation activities
Methods
Population Focus
7-county TC MetroAnoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin,
Ramsey, Scott, & Washington
2.8 million people(other 80 MN counties have 2.4 million)
384,358 youth ages 10-19
Questionnaire Development
CDC Core Questions (Part I , Appendix 1)
State Alliance Questions (Part II, Appendix 3 )
Instruments Piloted
Risk/Protective Factors
Mentoring
Alcohol Consumption
Healthy Relationships
Gender Equity
Survey Administration
In-person Interviews / Online Surveys
4 Types of Organizations Community Based Organizations (CBO) Schools Local Public Health (LPH) State Agencies (SA)
ParticipationType of
Organization# Recruited # Participating Response Rate
CBO 155 78 50%
Schools 402 150 37%
LPH 9 6 67%
SA 6 4 67%
Total Organizations Participating: 228
Results
Conclusions
The Right Organizations Participated
Opportunity! - Technical Assistance (esp. on Evaluation)
Opportunity! - LPH to partner w/ Schools
Opportunity! – Build Capacity
Conclusion:The Right Organizations
8:Teen dating violence prevention is a priority in my organization
23%18%
29%
A priority for 60%
4:What age group(s) do you serve through these programs/activities? (Check all that apply)
5a:Gender (check all that apply)
ConclusionOpportunity for TA on Evaluation
6: What evaluation-related activities does your organization engage in regarding these programs/activities?
Response Frequency Count
Evaluation planning 29.8% 71
Logic model development 16.0% 38
Evaluation tool/instrument development 26.9% 64
Process data collection (monitoring and assessment of program implementation)
30.7% 73
Outcome data collection (measurement of program short/long term outcomes)
31.9% 76
Data analysis 26.9% 64
Reporting of evaluation results 29.0% 69
Sharing and/or presenting evaluation results with partners 24.4% 58
Use of evaluation results in ongoing program planning 29.4% 70
Other 7.1% 17
6: What evaluation-related activities does your organization engage in regarding these programs/activities?
Response Frequency Count
None 32.4% 77
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238
7: Who conducts these program evaluation activities for your organization?
Response Frequency Count
In-house program evaluation staff person 48.3% 115
University Contractor/Consultant 1.7% 4
Other Contractor/Consultant 10.5% 25
Total Responses 238
ConclusionOpportunity for School & LPH Partnerships
Collaboration w/ LPH
38%
88%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Schools CBO
ConclusionOpportunity for Increased Capacity
Q19: Is there anything you’d like to add?
Schools 1) TDV is an important issue!2) Need to Build Capacity
CBO1) Need to Build Capacity2) TDV is an important issue!3) Need Technical Assistance
Sexual Violence
Disability
Traffic Crashes
Brain Injury
Trauma
TDV
Self-harm
Suicide
“Injury & Violence PreventionIn Minnesota’s Communities”
Programs
Data
Partnerships
Targeted Programs Driven by Data Guided through Partnerships
Conclusions
The Right Organizations Participated
Opportunity! - Technical Assistance (esp. on Evaluation)
Opportunity! - LPH to partner w/ Schools
Opportunity! – Build Capacity
What’s Next?
Policy ScanEvaluation Capacity Assessment
State TDV Plan
(write for TDV Implementation Grant)
What is a POLICY?
Policy can be defined as: statutes, rules, regulations, executive orders, mandates, criteria, operating procedures, standards and other guidelines
ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICE
Purpose
baseline inventory of TDV policies
Research & review current policies related to effective (TDV) prevention within the TC Metro
Policy Scan Methods
Archival review and Internet searches
Key Informant Interviews
“Injury & Violence PreventionIn Minnesota’s Communities”
Programs
Data
Partnerships
Targeted Programs Driven by Data Guided through Partnerships