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Community Health Promotion Project Design Essay

Community Health Promotion Project Design: Intimate Partner Violence The special emphasis population at focus in this project is those who are affected by Intimate Partner Violence. The community agency that will be identifying and treating these individuals is the Public Health Department.

Primary Program Components

The primary components of the program described herein include the following:

(1) Assessment for intimate partner violence and training curricula to make sure that the program uses the most current best practices as they are emergent;

(2) Component for technical assistance and training for increasing local capacity for primary prevention of Intimate Partner Violence;

(3) A component for implementing, assessing and refining the comprehensive prevention program plan; and (4) A component for evaluation. (Connecticut Department of Public Health, 2009)

Conceptual Framework: Socio-Ecological Model

The Socio-Ecological Model has been chosen for this program because it "supports a comprehensive public health approach that not only addresses an individual's risk factors, but also the norms, beliefs and social and economic systems that create the conditions for the occurrence of sexual violence." (Connecticut Department of Public Health, 2009, p.5) In addition, the Socio-Ecological model "…recognizes that the individual is strongly influenced by domains, systems and norms, and that influencing each of these will most effectively reduce violence. The model is based on the recognition that no one group or institution can end sexual violence alone and that change needs to take place on the individual, relationship, community, institutional, and societal levels to truly impact the problem." (Connecticut Department of Public Health, 2009,...

(Connecticut Department of Public Health, 2009, paraphrased) Prevention strategies within the framework of this conceptual model includes ongoing activities for addressing each level of the model and it is believed that this approach has a better likelihood of sustaining efforts of prevention across time than other interventions. This model identifies biological and personal history factors at the individual level that may serve to increase the likelihood of the individual becoming a victim of intimate partner violence. The second level or the relationship level considers how the individual's circle of peers, partners, and family members influence behavior and life experiences of the individual. The third level considers the community, and how the community, may serve to influence intimate partner violence. The fourth level or that of the societal level considers how factors such as social and cultural norms create a climate where intimate partner violence is either encouraged or discouraged.
III. Community Health Need Congruent -- Injury and Violence Prevention IVP 39

This program will use the Injury and Violence Prevention IVP 39 in reducing violence by current or former partners. Individual Risk Factors include those as follows: (1) Medical difficulties; (2) Cognitive/learning developmental delays; (3) Limited adjustment skills; and (4) Low self-esteem. (Connecticut Department of Public Health, 2009) Individual Protective Factors include the following: (1) Physical health; (2) Strong cognitive/academic functioning; (3) Adaptive adjustment; and (4) Positive…

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State of Connecticut -- Sexual Violence Prevention (2010) Connecticut Department of Public Health. January 2010. Retrieved from: http://www.connsacs.org/documents/SexualViolencePreventionPlan1-29-10FINAL2.pdf

John, Ime Akpan (2010) Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in Healthcare in Kano, Nigeria: Barriers and Challenges for Healthcare Professionals. Karolinska Institut. Stockholm. Retrieved from: http://diss.kib.ki.se/2010/978-91-7409-947-8/thesis.pdf
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