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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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