Example of a scientific poster AWS
Impact of Dating Violence Effects Dating Violence • Poor academic performance • Depression • Suicide ideation • Substance abuse • Chronic health conditions Sexual Assault • Post traumatic stress disorder • Sexually risky behavior • Sexually transmitted infections • Unintended pregnancy • Dysfunctional eating • Sexual dysfunction
What is Dating Violence? Dating Violence is physical, sexual, or psychological/emotional violence within a dating relationship. College age women are at greatest risk for experiencing nonfatal intimate partner violence as well as nonconsensual sexual experiences. • 20 to 25% percent of women will be victims of completed or attempted rape while in college, but fewer than 5% of these assaults will be reported • Of completed rapes • 60 % campus occur in the victim’s dorm room • 31 % happen in other campus living quarters • 10.1 % occur in fraternities
(CDC, 2011)
The Clery Act (1990) was named for Jeanne Clery, a college student who was raped and murdered in her dorm room in 1986. Colleges are required by this law to disclose crime statistics annually. Failure to do so results in fines and loss of Federal funds for financial aid.
Campus Concerns Education: Availability of on campus formal programs highlighting the characteristics of healthy dating and the impact of drugs/alcohol. Awareness: Methods to prevent, importance of reporting, ways to support peers, and personal effects of dating violence. Reporting: Accessibility of processes and support available through various departments across campus. Safety: Limited campus awareness of dating violence occurrences and methods of prevention, emergency numbers, campus escorts.
Annual “Healthy Dating” Panel Presentation & Candlelight Vigil (during Domestic Violence Month)
TeLL Team with Student Volunteers
Student Health & Counseling Center
•Healthy Dating Panel Presentation •New Student Orientation (mandatory) •Dating Violence Cards & Brochures
Psychology Clinic
Law Enforcement
Public Safety
•Student Handbook updated to improve victim language and definitions of dating violence •Dating Violence Cards & Brochures
Education
Awareness
Reporting
Safety
Nursing Implications
The Legal Issues
Campus Sexual Assault Victims’ Bill of Rights of 1992 This amendment to the 1990 act requires that schools develop prevention policies and provide certain assurances to victims.
Financial Impact United States $87,000 for each assault $460 million annually • Healthcare • Loss of productivity • Mental health care • Police services • Social/victim care • Property loss • Loss of quality of life (National Institute of Justice, 2011) University $825,000 per year in lost tuition Medium sized University with 5000 undergraduate students • Tuition at $32,500 per year • 20% of females sexually assaulted (n=500) • 5% of those assaulted separate from the university due to trauma or poor academic performance (n=25)
Campus Initiatives & Outcomes
• Education & Awareness Programs • Middle & High School • College • Students, faculty, staff, parents • Empowering adolescents & young adults to understand their bodies and their rights
• • • •
Public Safety Dean of Students Residence Life Counseling Center
Screening • Adolescents • Young Adults • Girls & Women Reporting • Transparency • Confidentially Supporting victims • Decrease trauma-related symptoms • Nonjudgmental • Empathetic • Sensitive • Sensitive examination & evidence collection
•Student handbook updated to include reporting process details •Public Safety utilizing feedback from participant surveys •Dating Violence Cards & Brochures
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• •
Community Health Nurses School Nurses College Campus Health Nurses Trauma Nurses Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (S.A.N.E.) Nurse Practitioners Nurse Midwives
• • • • •
Campus Health Center Emergency Departments Primary Care Clinics Health Departments Reproductive Health Clinics
• •
•Information on Public Safety Website •Campus Escorts
Survey Results • Over 300 students, faculty, staff have attended TeLL Team Presentations since 2011 • Surveys from 114 undergraduate student participants, average age 18.75 years revealed that as a result of attending, they were • Better able to describe, define and identify characteristics of healthy dating and instances of dating violence. • Identify the health impact of dating violence. • More likely to report instances of dating violence to public safety as well as to seek health care counseling if they became victims. • More likely to report instances of dating violence or provide assistance to fellow students if they were at risk of or had become a victim. • Comments have included recommendation to continue and enhance the TeLL team Program on campus.
What is Dating Violence? Dating Violence is physical, sexual, or psychological/emotional violence within a dating relationship. College age women are at greatest risk for experiencing nonfatal intimate partner violence as well as nonconsensual sexual experiences. • 20 to 25% percent of women will be victims of completed or attempted rape while in college, but fewer than 5% of these assaults will be reported • Of completed rapes • 60 % campus occur in the victim’s dorm room • 31 % happen in other campus living quarters • 10.1 % occur in fraternities
(CDC, 2011)
The Clery Act (1990) was named for Jeanne Clery, a college student who was raped and murdered in her dorm room in 1986. Colleges are required by this law to disclose crime statistics annually. Failure to do so results in fines and loss of Federal funds for financial aid.
Campus Concerns Education: Availability of on campus formal programs highlighting the characteristics of healthy dating and the impact of drugs/alcohol. Awareness: Methods to prevent, importance of reporting, ways to support peers, and personal effects of dating violence. Reporting: Accessibility of processes and support available through various departments across campus. Safety: Limited campus awareness of dating violence occurrences and methods of prevention, emergency numbers, campus escorts.
Annual “Healthy Dating” Panel Presentation & Candlelight Vigil (during Domestic Violence Month)
TeLL Team with Student Volunteers
Student Health & Counseling Center
•Healthy Dating Panel Presentation •New Student Orientation (mandatory) •Dating Violence Cards & Brochures
Psychology Clinic
Law Enforcement
Public Safety
•Student Handbook updated to improve victim language and definitions of dating violence •Dating Violence Cards & Brochures
Education
Awareness
Reporting
Safety
Nursing Implications
The Legal Issues
Campus Sexual Assault Victims’ Bill of Rights of 1992 This amendment to the 1990 act requires that schools develop prevention policies and provide certain assurances to victims.
Financial Impact United States $87,000 for each assault $460 million annually • Healthcare • Loss of productivity • Mental health care • Police services • Social/victim care • Property loss • Loss of quality of life (National Institute of Justice, 2011) University $825,000 per year in lost tuition Medium sized University with 5000 undergraduate students • Tuition at $32,500 per year • 20% of females sexually assaulted (n=500) • 5% of those assaulted separate from the university due to trauma or poor academic performance (n=25)
Campus Initiatives & Outcomes
• Education & Awareness Programs • Middle & High School • College • Students, faculty, staff, parents • Empowering adolescents & young adults to understand their bodies and their rights
• • • •
Public Safety Dean of Students Residence Life Counseling Center
Screening • Adolescents • Young Adults • Girls & Women Reporting • Transparency • Confidentially Supporting victims • Decrease trauma-related symptoms • Nonjudgmental • Empathetic • Sensitive • Sensitive examination & evidence collection
•Student handbook updated to include reporting process details •Public Safety utilizing feedback from participant surveys •Dating Violence Cards & Brochures
• • •
• •
Community Health Nurses School Nurses College Campus Health Nurses Trauma Nurses Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (S.A.N.E.) Nurse Practitioners Nurse Midwives
• • • • •
Campus Health Center Emergency Departments Primary Care Clinics Health Departments Reproductive Health Clinics
• •
•Information on Public Safety Website •Campus Escorts
Survey Results • Over 300 students, faculty, staff have attended TeLL Team Presentations since 2011 • Surveys from 114 undergraduate student participants, average age 18.75 years revealed that as a result of attending, they were • Better able to describe, define and identify characteristics of healthy dating and instances of dating violence. • Identify the health impact of dating violence. • More likely to report instances of dating violence to public safety as well as to seek health care counseling if they became victims. • More likely to report instances of dating violence or provide assistance to fellow students if they were at risk of or had become a victim. • Comments have included recommendation to continue and enhance the TeLL team Program on campus.
