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Agnes Rieger1, Qihao Zhan2, Breanna Griffin1
1Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA.
Violence Against Women
|April 28, 2024
Summary
Sexual violence preventionists aim to incorporate community input but face challenges. Navigating these complexities requires defining practical boundaries within organizational settings.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Sociology
- Gender Studies
Background:
- Limited research exists on integrating community feedback into gender-based violence initiatives.
- Provider decision-making processes and tensions in community engagement are underexplored.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore sexual violence preventionists' experiences gathering community feedback.
- To identify barriers and facilitators in community-informed sexual violence prevention.
- To understand how preventionists navigate community engagement.
Main Methods:
- Conducted focus groups with 18 sexual violence preventionists.
- Explored experiences, barriers, facilitators, and navigation strategies for community input.
Main Results:
- Preventionists desire community input but collect it unsystematically.
- Common barriers to community-informed processes were encountered.
- The sensitive nature of sexual violence presents unique challenges.
- Organizational contexts significantly influence practice boundaries.
Conclusions:
- Defining practical boundaries is crucial for effective community-informed sexual violence prevention.
- Organizational factors play a key role in shaping the scope of community engagement.
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