• Evaluation of Green Dot: An Active Bystander Intervention to Reduce Sexual Violence on College Campuses 

  Coker, Ann; Cook-Craig, Patricia; Williams, Corrine; Fisher, Bonnie; Garcia, Lisandra; Hegge, Lea (Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs, 2011)

  Using a cross-sectional survey of a random sample of 7,945 college undergraduates, we report on the association between having received Green Dot active bystander behavior training and the frequency of actual and observed ...
• LGBTQ Youth Report 2018 

  Kahn, Ellen; Johnson, Ashland; Lee, Mark; Miranda, Liam (Human Rights Campaign (HRC), 2018)

  The results of HRC’s 2017 Youth Survey reveal persistent, serious challenges for LGBTQ youth. In many cases, the cards remain stacked against LGBTQ-identified youth in terms of acceptance and support from their families, ...
• The Impact of Social Norms on Bystander Behaviors to Prevent Campus Sexual Violence 

  Collins, Kelly (DePaul University, 2017)

  High incidence rates of sexual violence (SV) on college campuses and the limited effectiveness of traditional prevention programs has created a need for innovative prevention programing. In recent decades, bystander ...
• Assessing a comprehensive approach to prevent sexual violence on campus: Implications for program improvement 

  Ejikeme, Chinwe; Powell-Threets, Kia; Bayo, Mosi; Toddle, Kia; O'Connor, Jean (Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2017)

  Background: On college campuses, sexual violence (or sexual assault) is at epidemic proportions. As many as one in four college women experience sexual assaults, most of which are not reported, likely due to the adverse ...
• Clinical implications of the proposed ICD-11 PTSD diagnostic criteria 

  Barbano, Anna; van der Mei, Willem; Bryant, Richard; Delahanty, Douglas; deRoon-Cassini, Terri; Matsuoka, Yutaka; Olff, Miranda; Qi, Wei; Ratanatharathorn, Andrew; Schnyder, Ulrich; Seedat, Soraya; Kessler, Ronald; Koenen, Karestan; Shaley, Arieh (Cambridge University Press, 2018)

  Background. Projected changes to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnostic criteria in the upcoming International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-11 may affect the prevalence and severity of identified cases. This ...
• Comprehensive Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking: Findings from Clients in Three Communities 

  Aron, Laudan; Zweig, Janine; Newmark, Lisa (Urban Institute, 2006)

  The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) within the U.S. Department of Justice is responsible for developing and administering the “Services for Trafficking Victims Discretionary Grant Program—Comprehensive Services Sites.” ...
• Disparities in Prevalence, Access to Services and Outcomes: for Sexual and Domestic Violence Survivors from Five Underserved Populations 

  Cabral, Andrea; Polanowicz, John (Massachusetts Governor's Council to Address Sexual and Domestic Violence, 2014)

  The following research explores prevalence, key concerns, barriers to accessing services and commonalities amongst the following populations: people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender (GLBT), immigrants, ...
• Our Bodies, Our Stories: Sexual Violence Among Native Women in Seattle, WA 

  Echo-Hawk, Abigail (Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI), 2018)

  *This report contains strong language about violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women. This report is the first of the Our Bodies, Our Stories series...In 2010, Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) partnered ...
• Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls: A snapshot of data from 71 urban cities in the United States 

  Lucchesi, Annita; Echo-Hawk, Abigail (Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI), 2018)

  *This report contains strong language about violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women. This report is the second of the Our Bodies, Our Stories series. Nationwide, the voices of Indigenous people have united ...
• Design and implementation of an empowerment model to prevent elder abuse: a randomized controlled trial 

  Estebari, Fatemeh; Dastoorpoor, Maryam; Mostafaei, Davoud; Khanjani, Narges; Khalifekandi, Zahra Rahimi; Fouroushani, Abbas Rahimi; Aghababaeian, Hamidreza; Taghdisi, Mohammad Hossein (National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2018)

  Background: Older adults are more vulnerable to health risks than younger people and may get exposed to various dangers, including elder abuse. This study aimed to design and implement an empowerment educational intervention ...
• Abuse of People with Disabilities: Victims and Their Families Speak Out 

  Baladerian, Nora; Coleman, Thomas; Stream, Jim (Disability and Abuse Project, 2013)

  The 2012 Survey on Abuse of People with Disabilities is the first national survey of its kind -- one that focuses on incidents of, responses to, and attitudes about abuse or crime victimization of children and adults with ...
• Prevalence and Risk of Violence and the Physical, Mental, and Sexual Health Problems Associated with Human Trafficking: Systematic Review 

  Oram, Siân; Stöckl, Heidi; Busza, Joanna; Howard, Louise; Zimmerman, Cathy (PLOS, 2012)

  Background: There is very limited evidence on the health consequences of human trafficking. This systematic review reports on studies investigating the prevalence and risk of violence while trafficked and the prevalence ...
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Symptoms among American Indians and Alaska Natives: A Review of the Literature 

  Bassett, Deborah; Buchwald, Dedra; Manson, Spero (National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2014)

  Purpose:American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) experience high rates of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We reviewed existing literature to address three interrelated questions: 1) What is the prevalence ...
• The National Elder Mistreatment Study: Race and Ethnicity Findings (Author Manuscript) 

  Hernandez-Tejada, Melba; Amstadter, Ananda; Muzzy, Wendy; Acierno, Ron (National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2014)

  The prevalence of elder mistreatment with respect to race and ethnicity was examined in an unweighted sample of 5,777 participants (5,776 participants in weighted sample). Random Digit Dialing methodology was used to select ...
• Financial Exploitation and Psychological Mistreatment Among Older Adults: Differences Between African Americans and Non-African Americans in a Population-Based Survey 

  Beach, Scott; Schultz, Richard; Castle, Nicholas; Rosen, Jules (Oxford University Press, 2010)

  To examine racial differences in (a) the prevalence of financial exploitation and psychological mistreatment since turning 60 and in the past 6 months and (b) the experience—perpetrator, frequency, and degree of upset—of ...
• Elder Investment Fraud and Financial Exploitation [Presentation] 

  Unknown author (Investor Protection Trust, 2010)

  The survey was conducted May 20-24, 2010 among a sample of 2,022 adults comprising 987 men and 1,035 women 18 years of age and older living in the Continental United States. The group included 706 adult children with at ...
• Early-life and pubertal stress differentially modulate grey matter development in human adolescents 

  Tyborowska, Anna; Volman, Inge; Niermann, Hannah; Pouwels, Loes; Smeekens, Sanny; Cillessen, Antonius; Toni, Ivan; Roelofs, Karins (Nature, 2018)

  Animal and human studies have shown that both early-life traumatic events and ongoing stress episodes affect neurodevelopment, however, it remains unclear whether and how they modulate normative adolescent neuro-maturational ...
• Is my daughter still a virgin? Can you, please, check it, doctor? 

  Rigon, Sara (National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2018)

  Gender-based violence is a pervasive public health problem, let alone a violation of human rights. The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that, overall, 35% of women worldwide have experienced physical and/or ...
• Identifying Community Needs and Resources in a Native Community: A Research Partnership in the Pacific Northwest 

  Thomas, Lisa Rey; Donovan, Dennis; Sigo, Robin (National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2010)

  Indigenous communities have engaged in needs and resources assessments for thousands of years. By blending CBPR/TPR approaches with community-driven assets and needs assessments, academic and community based researchers ...
• When Violence Can Appear With Different Male Partners: Identification of Resilient and Non-resilient Women in the European Union 

  Herrero, Juan; Vivas, Pep; Torres, Andrea; Rodriguez, Francisco (Frontiers, 2018)

  Introduction: Little scholarly attention has been paid to the analysis of the history of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women with different male partners and how it could be related to levels of IPV with the ...

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