DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN

TEEN POPULATION
WITHIN KENT COUNTY

By: Kaitlyn Baldwin, Kimberly

Nix, Maria Kurlenda, Amanda
Hubbard, Nicole Hilliard, &
Samantha Pedigo

Windshield Survey of
Kent County

Windshield Survey of
Kent County

Problem Statement

The teen population in the community of Kent

County are at risk for domestic violence as
evidenced by the rise in domestic violence
crime rate statistics related to the lack of early
education about prevention of domestic
violence.

Healthy 2020 Goal:

Injury & Violence Prevention

Goal: Prevent unintentional injuries and violence, and

reduce their consequences.
Determinants Affecting Prevalence of Violence:

Individual Behaviors
Physical Environment
Access to Services
Social Environment

In the area of violence, there is a need to better

understand the trends, causes, and prevention
strategies related to:

Bullying, dating violence, and sexual violence among youth

Elder maltreatment, particularly with respect to quantifying
and understanding the problem

Injury & Violence Prevention. (2012). HealthPeople2020. Retrieved November 2,

2013 from
http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.aspx?topicid=24

Kent County Domestic Violence

Statistics

4,092 victims in Kent County

1,273 victims with minor apparent injury
17 victims has apparent broken bones
733 victims were black
3,067 victims were white
2,686 victims were female
1,393 victims were male

MICR (Michigan Incident Crime Reporting)

Prosecutor's Report on Domestic

Violence in Kent County

Annual Report Prosecuters Office. (2012) accessKent. Retrieved September 29,

2013 from

Statewide Statistics

2012 Statistics
9,372 victims in the state of Michigan were
aggravated assault.
88 victims lost their lives due to domestic
violence.
50,772 victims were non-aggravated assault.

(Domestic Violence, 2003)

Nationwide Statistics

1: 4 Women will experience Domestic Violence

in her lifetime
64,324 Victims reported in one day
Every year, 3.2 million men are the victims of
an assault by an intimate partner
Every year in the United states 1,000 to 1,600
women die at the hands of their male partners

(Neil Websdale, 2003)

Kent County Strengths &

Weaknesses
Strengths:
Various Shelters, Womens Resource Center, Health
Departments, Kent County Domestic Violence Community
Coordinated Response Team

Weaknesses:
Lack of Domestic Violence Education in Schools within
Kent County

DIRECT RESPECT TEEN AWARENESS

PROGRAM

Social Learning Model: A behavior change model emphasizing

reinforcement of social competence, problem solving, autonomy, and
sense of purpose.
Harkness, G.A., & DeMarco, R.F. (2012). Community and Public Health
Nursing Practice: Evidence for Practice. Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott,
Williams & Wilkins: Philadelphia

Our Plan to Reduce Prevalence of

Domestic Violence amongst Teens

Plan: DIRECT RESPECT TEEN AWARENESS

PROGRAM
Education

and Awareness Domestic Violence

Program for all Kent County High Schools; Grades 912
Area of Focus: Power and Control Wheel Education
and utilizing Equality Wheel for Interventions
Pre-Program Survey to assess current knowledge
and awareness of different types of Domestic
Violence
Post-Program Survey to assess new knowledge
following program

Our Plan to Reduce Prevalence of

Domestic Violence amongst Teens

Why Domestic Violence Education for Teens in Kent

County Schools?

Social Determinants of Teen Population

Race/Ethnicity
Life Conditions
Education
Culture
Religion
Socio-economic

Our Plan to Reduce Prevalence of

Domestic Violence amongst Teens

Barriers to Our Program

Parents
Ability

to have time in schools

Cultural Society
Media

Our Plan to Reduce Prevalence of

Domestic Violence amongst Teens
DIRECT RESPECT TEEN AWARENESS
PROGRAM
WHO: Teens in Kent County; Grades 9-12

WHAT: Domestic Violence in Teen Population

Program to educate on types of Domestic
Violence and display behaviors for healthy
relationships
WHY: Rising rate of Domestic Violence in Kent
County; Lack of education in schools
WHERE: Kent County High Schools
WHEN: During Sex Education for 1 hour

Primary Prevention Education:

Power & Control Wheel
Utilizing Power & Control
Wheel to educate and
promote awareness on
various types of Domestic
Violence
For those that have
experienced some form of
Domestic Violence, Power &
Control Wheel will be used to
help the victim acknowledge
that he or she has or is
experiencing Domestic
Violence

Secondary Prevention Education:

Equality Wheel

Equality Wheel used for

batterers to acknowledge
how a healthy relationship
should be.
Equality Wheel depicts
what healthy behaviors
should be present to
achieve healthy
relationships

Tertiary Prevention Education:

Ongoing Counseling

For the teens that have acknowledged the

different types of abuse and have escaped the
abuse, ongoing counseling through the
schools, Womens Resource Center,
Community Mental Health, and/or Health
Department will be necessary

Local Resources and

Likely Partnering Agencies

Schools: Counselors, Teachers, Principles

Parents
Community Mental Health
Womens Resource Center: Various Shelters
Law Enforcement
Health Departments
Teen Centers
Kent County Domestic Violence Community
Coordinated Response Team
Survivors Handbook for Kent County

Evidence Base Practice

Recent study in New York assessed school-level

interventions focused on dating violence in middle
schools
Study compared various settings of interventions
compared to no interventions at all
School-level interventions were found to have a
50% reduction in dating violence
The intervention: curriculum emphasizing
consequences for perpetrators, state laws and
penalties, construction of gender roles, and
healthy relationships

Prevention and Intervention of Teen Dating Violence. (November 14, 2012). National
Institute of Justice. Retrieved October 29, 2013 from
http://www.nij.gov/nij/topics/crime/intimate-partner-violence/teen-datingviolence/prevention-intervention.htm

Evidence Base Practice

Universal school-based violence prevention

program created 2011
Study included follow-up to evaluate effectiveness
of programs on buffering domestic violence in
teen communities
Interventions: educating teens on signs of
domestic violence, warning behaviors
Follow-up findings reveal increased teen
awareness, decrease dating and domestic
violence

Crooks, C.V. Scott, K., Ellis, W., & Wolfe, D.A. (2011). Impact of a Universal
School-based Violence Prevention Program on Violence Deliquency . Violence
Prevention, 35(6). retrieved November 11 2013, from
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21652072

Evidence Base Practice

Domestic Violence Evidence Project created to

implement interventions and prevention strategies in
cases of domestic violence
In 2012, four state coalitions were funded to enhance
domestic violence services for children and youth by
DVEP
Studies revealed 50% of abused women had children
abused by perpetrator as well
Intervention: designs, creates domestic violence
programs for children to enhance prevention,
awareness
Domestic Violence Evidence Project. (2012). retrieved November 12 2013, from
Futures Without Violence Web Site:
http://promising.futureswithoutviolence.org/advancing-the-field/documenting-oursuccess/domestic-violence-evidence-project/

Evidence Base Practice

1994 Violence Against Women/Children Act

established
Intervention: allow for greater attention to
domestic violence by health and human service
providers
Increased community and public awareness of
domestic violence issues
Resulting decrease in reported domestic violence
cases, increased victim proaction

Macy, Rebecca J. & Ermentrout, D. (2009). Developing, Delivering, and

Teaching Evidence-Based Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services . , .
retrieved November 12 2013, from
http://ssw.unc.edu/files/web/pdf/__Sexual_Assault_Consensus_Practices_final
-1.pdf

Evaluation
Evaluation of DIRECT RESPECT TEEN
AWARENESS PROGRAM:
Qualitative surveys given to teen
participants
Monthly Assessment of reported abuse
Quarterly committee meetings to review
program success based on the surveys.
Yearly statistics collection and review to
assess trends of domestic violence

Evaluation

Desired Outcomes and Goals:

Decrease

in Domestic Violence Cases amongst

Teens
Increased Awareness of Different Types of Abuse
Increased Available Resources
Increased Awareness of Healthy Relationship
Behaviors

Evaluation

Short Term:
Evaluate Pre and Post Program Surveys to
access knowledge and awareness of types of
Domestic Violence
Resources if Domestic Violence is experienced
Behaviors that should be present in a healthy
relationship

Long Term:
Follow

up with high schools at least two years

following program to access prevalence of
Domestic Violence

References

Annual Report Prosecuters Office. (2012) accessKent. Retrieved

September 29, 2013 from
http://www.accesskent.com/Courts/Prosecutor/pdfs/2012_Annual_R
eport.pdf

Crooks, C.V. Scott, K., Ellis, W., & Wolfe, D.A. (2011). Impact
of a Universal School-based Violence Prevention Program on
Violence Deliquency . Violence Prevention, 35(6). retrieved
November 11 2013, from
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21652072

Domestic Violence. (2003, February). Retrieved November 2013,

from The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney:
http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/domviol/men.htm

Domestic Violence Evidence Project. (2012). retrieved

November 12 2013, from Futures Without Violence Web Site:
http://promising.futureswithoutviolence.org/advancing-thefield/documenting-our-success/domestic-violence-evidenceproject/

Harkness, G.A., & DeMarco, R.F. (2012). Community and Public

Health Nursing Practice: Evidence for Practice. Wolters

References

Injury & Violence Prevention. (2012). HealthPeople2020.

Retrieved November 2, 2013 from
http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.a
spx?topicid=24
Macy, Rebecca J. & Ermentrout, D. (2009). Developing, Delivering,
and Teaching Evidence-Based Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault
Services . , . retrieved November 12 2013, from
http://ssw.unc.edu/files/web/pdf/__Sexual_Assault_Consensus_Pra
ctices_final-1.pdf
MICR (Michigan Incident Crime Reporting)
Neil Websdale, P. (2003, November). Reviewing Domestic violence
Deaths. Retrieved November 2013, from NIJ Journal:
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/jr000250g.pdf
Prevention and Intervention of Teen Dating Violence. (November
14, 2012). National Institute of Justice. Retrieved October 29, 2013
from http://www.nij.gov/nij/topics/crime/intimate-partnerviolence/teen-dating-violence/prevention-intervention.htm
http://nnedv.org/downloads/Census/DVCounts2012/DVCounts12_N
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