Sociometrics Corporation — Department of Health and Human Services SBIR Phase II: NICHD

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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Intimate partner violence IPV occurs in alarming numbers in the United States in which nearly in women and in men report that they have been raped and or physically assaulted by an intimate partner at some point in their life and half of all U S men and women have experienced psychological aggression from an intimate partner Black et al Demand for IPV programs and services increases while funding decreases Every minute IPV hotlines receive on average calls National Network to End Domestic Violence and California which has the highest rate of emergency calls for domestic violence of any state cut services by National Organization for Women By setting prevention as a national priority the Affordable Care Act requires private insurers to cover preventative services for IPV Cassidy U S Preventive Services Task Force thus presenting a prime opportunity to raise capacity among practitioners and communities to implement evidence based programming and to prevent IPV on a broader scale The present proposal offers easy to use customizable interactive training modules and resources to raise prevention capacity in those poised to prevent IPV IMPACT IPV Modules for Prevention and Cultural Tailoring Resource and Training Center will offer an innovative online multimedia resource that will offer the following interrelated features Prevention principles and core competencies to enhance practitionersandapos knowledge skills and self efficacy to implement general and IPV prevention programs and strategies Effective IPV programs and strategies consisting of the best evidence in primary secondary and tertiary IPV prevention with access to existing effective programs Issue based content to assist practitioners in enhancing existing prevention programs and strategies by taking into account issues that may impact success or failure of programs By focusing on `issuesandapos e g immigration status poverty and discrimination instead of social categories e g race ethnicity IMPACT will be more relevant to a wider audience and removes any implication of racial ethnic stereotyping thus further reducing stigmatization Complementary tools exercises and activities that are visually engaging to augment prevention programming employing Web technology and appropriate non stigmatizing issue based content designed for practitioners to use with their clients in their prevention efforts Selected training curricula and program content accessed can be retained through My IMPACT 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 practitionersandapos 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 II will include a complete digital platform for IMPACT with content necessary to implement IPV prevention and an implementation outcome study to test the resourceandapos s effectiveness PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE Although intimate partner violence IPV is preventable millions of Americans continue to experience IPV each year Despite efforts over the years IPV continues to be a significant public health problem in the United States To stem IPV we must focus on prevention by stopping IPV before it begins However a focus on prevention is still taking hold among practitioners delivering IPV programs and services despite knowledge of effective strategies that promote healthy relationships and behaviors and skills to prevent violence among intimate partners all IPV preventative measures The IMPACT IPV Modules for Prevention And Cultural Tailoring Resource and Training Center will increase the relevance and reach of IPV prevention through offering online training and capacity building resources for practitioners These user friendly resources will bring evidence based curricula and issue based andquot modulesandquot to practitioners seeking to implement IPV prevention programs in a systematic and culturally appropriate way