Make an IMPACT: A Culturally Sensitive Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Tool

描述(由申请人提供)：亲密伴侣暴力(IPV)在美国以惊人的数字发生，近25%的女性和超过7%的男性报告说，他们在一生中的某个时候曾被亲密伴侣强奸和/或身体攻击(Tjaden和Thoennes，2000)。经济衰退既增加了对IPV项目和服务的需求，又减少了资金。例如，加州是所有州中家庭暴力紧急呼叫率最高的州，它将为受害者提供的服务削减了62%(全国妇女组织，2009年)。鉴于亲密伴侣暴力(IPV)给受害者、旁观者和整个社会带来的代价，公共卫生必须通过深化和定制以科学为基础的培训和方案的覆盖范围，将IPV预防提升到一个新的水平。本申请通过提供易于使用、可定制的培训模块和资源，解决了公众可获得的预防IPV资源的现有差距。Impact(预防和文化定制知识产权模块)资源和培训中心将提供一个创新的在线多媒体资源，同时提供以下内容：(1)关于有效预防知识产权的循证因素的信息；(2)调整或调整预防工作的方法，采用一种考虑到经验、规范和习俗差异的方法，重新调整重点(如移民身份、对执法或整个医疗系统的不信任、贫困和歧视)，而不是基于群体(种族/族裔)和基于个人的差异。通过侧重于“问题”而不是社会类别(种族、民族)，“影响”中的适应内容将更适合更广泛的受众，并消除任何种族/民族陈规定型观念的影响，从而减少进一步的污名化。Impact的三个主要特点是：(1)Impact-CORE(研究要点的组成部分)，它将为用户提供关于预防原则和制定有效的IPV预防课程的具体战略的循证信息；(2)Impact-Practice(实践者资源和以文化为基础的以问题为基础的课程要点)，将帮助实践者通过以问题为基础的文化适应方法，为其人口(S)适当地调整IPV预防课程；以及(3)My Impact，它将帮助用户根据他们所服务的客户定制他们的培训模块，并作为每个Impact用户的专用区域，以保存他们的定制模块和资源，以便重新访问，并在必要时使用新的Impact内容进行更新。综上所述，Impact将通过使用加强互动学习的新技术，提高从业者的技能、能力和自我效能，以丰富、定制并最终维持其预防IPV的努力。第一阶段成功的关键指标将包括：(1)Impact的原型数字平台；(2)代表Impact内容的三个功能原型；(3)可用性测试结果；(4)第二阶段的行动计划。 与公共卫生相关：尽管多年来作出了预防努力，但亲密伴侣暴力(IPV)仍然是美国的一个重大公共卫生问题。IMPACT(预防和文化定制IPV模块)资源和培训中心将通过为暴力预防从业者提供在线培训和能力建设资源，增加IPV预防方案的相关性和覆盖范围。这些用户友好的资源将为寻求以系统的、文化上适当的方式调整IPV预防方案的暴力预防从业者提供以证据为基础的课程和基于问题的“模块”。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Intimate partner violence (IPV) occurs in alarming numbers in the United States with nearly 25 percent of women and more than 7 percent of men reporting that they have been raped and/or physically assaulted by an intimate partner at some point in their life (Tjaden and Thoennes, 2000). The recession has both increased demand and reduced funding for IPV programs and services. California, for instance, which has the highest rate of emergency calls for domestic violence of any state, cut services by 62 percent for victims (National Organization for Women, 2009). Given the costs of intimate partner violence (IPV) to victims, bystanders, and society as a whole, public health must take IPV prevention to the next level by deepening and customizing the reach of science-based training and programming. The present application addresses existing gaps in publicly available resources for IPV prevention by offering easy-to-use, customizable training modules and resources. IMPACT (IPV Modules for Prevention and Cultural Tailoring) Resource and Training Center will offer an innovative online multimedia resource that will simultaneously provide the following: (1) information about the evidence-based factors of effective IPV prevention; and (2) methods for tailoring or adapting prevention efforts employing an approach that accounts for variation in experiences, norms and mores by reframing the focus to issues (e.g. immigration status, mistrust of law enforcement or the medical system as a whole, poverty, and discrimination) instead of group-based (race/ethnicity) and individual-based differences. By focusing on 'issues' instead of social categories (race, ethnicity), the adaptation content within IMPACT will be more relevant to a wider audience and remove any implication of racial/ethnic stereotyping, which thus, reduces further stigmatization. The three main features of IMPACT are: (1) IMPACT-CORE (Components of Research Essentials) which will provide the users with evidence-based information about prevention principles and specific strategies to develop effective IPV prevention curricula; (2) IMPACT-PRACTICE (Practitioner Resources And Culturally Tailored Issue-based Curriculum Essentials) which will help practitioners adapt IPV prevention curricula appropriately for their population(s) through an issue-based approach to cultural adaptation; and (3) My IMPACT which will help users customize their training modules based on the clients they serve and also function as a dedicated area for each IMPACT user to save their customized modules and resources to revisit and if necessary, refresh with new IMPACT content. Taken all together, IMPACT will enhance practitioners' skill sets, capacity, and self- efficacy to enrich, customize and ultimately, sustain their IPV prevention efforts through the use of new technologies that reinforce interactive learning. Key indicators of success in Phase I will include (1) a prototype digital platform for IMPACT; (2) three functional prototypes representative of the content in IMPACT; (3) usability test results; and (4) an action plan for Phase II. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Despite prevention efforts over the years, intimate partner violence (IPV) continues to be a significant public health problem in the United States. The IMPACT (IPV Modules for Prevention And Cultural Tailoring) Resource and Training Center will increase the relevance and reach of IPV prevention programs through offering online training and capacity building resources for violence prevention practitioners. These user-friendly resources will bring evidence-based curricula and issue-based "modules" to violence prevention practitioners seeking to adapt IPV prevention programs in a systematic, culturally appropriate way.