TDV Environmental Scan
Jon Roesler, et al.
TDV Reception
August 12, 2010
St. Paul, MN
Background
What?
So What?
Now What?
What is TDV Prevention?
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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?
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22 month, $390K grant from CDC
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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
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Environmental Scan
Purpose
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To better understand:
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current TDV prevention activities
local leadership & support for TDV
prevention
Focus on identifying:
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primary prevention programs
activities
organizational policies
organizational evaluation activities
Methods
Population Focus
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7-county TC Metro
Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin,
Ramsey, Scott, & Washington
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2.8 million people
(other 80 MN counties have 2.4 million)
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384,358 youth ages 10-19
Questionnaire Development
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CDC Core Questions
(Part I , Appendix 1)
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State Alliance Questions
(Part II, Appendix 3 )
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Instruments Piloted
Risk/Protective Factors
Mentoring
Alcohol Consumption
Healthy Relationships
Gender Equity
Survey Administration
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In-person Interviews / Online
Surveys
4 Types of Organizations
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Community Based Organizations (CBO)
Schools
Local Public Health (LPH)
State Agencies (SA)
Participation
Type 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
29%
18%
23%
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)
Conclusion
Opportunity for TA on Evaluation
6: What evaluation-related activities does your organization engage in regarding these programs/activities?
Response
Frequency
Evaluation planning
29.8%
Logic model development
16.0%
Evaluation tool/instrument development
26.9%
Process data collection (monitoring and assessment of program
implementation)
30.7%
Outcome data collection (measurement of program short/long term
outcomes)
31.9%
Data analysis
26.9%
Reporting of evaluation results
29.0%
Sharing and/or presenting evaluation results with partners
24.4%
Use of evaluation results in ongoing program planning
29.4%
Other
7.1%
6: What evaluation-related activities does your organization engage in regarding these programs/activities?
Response
Frequency
None
32.4%
7: Who conducts these program evaluation activities for your organization?
Response
Frequency
C
In-house program evaluation staff person
48.3%
1
University Contractor/Consultant
1.7%
4
Other Contractor/Consultant
10.5%
2
Total Responses
2
Conclusion
Opportunity for
School & LPH Partnerships
Collaboration w/ LPH
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
88%
38%
Schools
CBO
Conclusion
Opportunity for Increased Capacity
Q19:
Is there anything you’d like to add?
Schools
1) TDV is an important issue!
2) Need to Build Capacity
CBO
1) Need to Build Capacity
2) TDV is an important issue!
3) Need Technical Assistance
Disability
Sexual Violence
Traffic Crashes
Self-harm
TDV
Suicide
Brain Injury
Trauma
“Injury & Violence Prevention
In 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 Scan
Evaluation Capacity Assessment
State TDV Plan
(write for TDV Implementation
Grant)
What is a POLICY?
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Policy can be defined as: statutes,
rules, regulations, executive
orders, mandates, criteria,
operating procedures, standards
and other guidelines
ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICE
Purpose
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baseline inventory of TDV policies
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Research & review current policies
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related to effective (TDV) prevention
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within the TC Metro
Policy Scan Methods
Archival review and Internet
searches
Key Informant Interviews
“Injury & Violence Prevention
In Minnesota’s Communities”
Programs
Data
Partnerships
Targeted Programs
Driven by Data
Guided through Partnerships