I-Corps: Platform to Help Prevent and Respond to Sexual Assault

这个i-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是提供一个平台，主要是为学院和大学提供一个平台，以预防和应对校园性侵。五分之一的女大学生在大学生涯中会遭到性侵。只有10%的受害者会报告袭击事件；其余的受害者由于缺乏报告选项信息和康复指导，将与可能导致学业挑战和放弃职业计划的后果作斗争。在报告的10%的攻击事件中，许多机构难以有效应对，导致了负面的、高调的头条新闻。目前有300多所学院和大学正在接受美国教育部民权办公室的调查，原因是对性侵调查处理不当。尽管联邦授权高校处理校园性侵问题，但它们缺乏以证据为基础的方法来预防和应对性侵。诉讼(来自受害者和被告)、政府罚款、大学安全评级和不变的性侵统计数据为一个旨在协调校园性侵预防和应对工具和资源的研究信息平台带来了商业机会。这个i-Corps项目旨在探索一个基于研究信息、基于证据的平台的商业潜力，以提供全面的、独特的定制信息，以支持校园性侵受害者，帮助预防工作，并促进学生安全。该平台的核心是一个移动应用程序，其设计依据是与目标受众进行的定性研究，以及15年以上的性暴力研究和该领域从业者的意见。该平台通过以下方式全面解决性侵犯预防和应对问题：1)在智能手机应用程序和网络上为受害者和盟友提供基于研究的指导；2)使用决策树方法帮助受害者了解选项并选择前进道路；3)提供互动式攻击预防工具，以帮助减少攻击的发生率；4)让学校控制内容，帮助确保正确管理攻击；以及5)提供实施工具包，以便学校可以轻松地让学生参与该平台的校园适应。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is to deliver a platform, primarily for colleges and universities, to both prevent and respond to campus sexual assault. One in five female college students will be sexually assaulted during their college careers. Only 10% of victims will report the assaults; the remainder, lacking reporting option information and guidance on recovery, will struggle with an aftermath that can lead to academic challenges and abandoned career plans. Among the 10% of reported assaults, many institutions struggle to respond effectively, leading to negative, high-profile headlines. More than 300 colleges and universities are currently under investigation by the United States Department of Education Civil Rights Office for mishandling sexual assault investigations. While colleges and universities are federally mandated to address campus sexual assault, they lack evidence-based methods to prevent and respond to sexual assault. Lawsuits (from victims and the accused), government fines, college safety ratings, and unchanging assault statistics have led to a commercial opportunity for a research-informed platform designed to align campus sexual assault prevention and response tools and resources.This I-Corps project aims to explore the commercial potential of a research-informed, evidence-based platform to provide comprehensive, uniquely tailored information to support victims of campus sexual assault, aid in prevention efforts, and promote student safety. The heart of the platform is a mobile application with a design informed by qualitative studies with the target audience, and content informed by 15+ years of sexual violence research, and by input from practitioners in this field. This platform addresses sexual assault prevention and response comprehensively by: 1) Providing research-informed guidance for victims and allies available in a smartphone app and on the web; 2) Using a decision-tree approach to help victims understand options and choose a path forward; 3) Delivering interactive assault prevention tools to help reduce the incidence of assault; 4) Giving schools control of the content, to help ensure assaults are correctly managed; and 5) Providing an implementation toolkit, so schools can easily engage students in the platform's campus adaptation.