Creating Protective Environments through School Policy Development

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Created at: 2020-11-17 18:50:53

Brief description of the program: "The CDC has funded six researcher teams, including Kernsmith and her colleagues, for a five-year study evaluating the effectiveness of primary prevention programs, policies and practices implemented under their Rape Prevention and Education Program with the goal of strengthening sexual violence prevention efforts. This funding is intended to advance previous sexual violence prevention research and initiatives conducted at the local, state and national levels." .........................Source: https://socialwork.wayne.edu/news/protecting-our-youth-social-work-researcher-receives-225-million-to-decrease-and-prevent-violence-in-michigan-schools

Focus areas of this engagement: Education Policy; Healthcare Policy; Inclusion / Access; Other; Health / Mental Health Inclusion / Access; K-12 Education

Community needs and community participation in assessing those needs.: "Especially now, it has become obvious how central schools are for providing for, not only the educational needs of youth, but also their social, emotional, and physical health needs. In Social Work, we understand that the individual strengths and needs of each school must be central in developing priorities to create protective environments for youth. This research will evaluate a model of collaborative policy development and implementation that can provide support to our already overburdened school systems." – Poco Kernsmith ..............Source: https://socialwork.wayne.edu/news/protecting-our-youth-social-work-researcher-receives-225-million-to-decrease-and-prevent-violence-in-michigan-schools

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Additional Comments: "This research provides an important opportunity to bring the voices of researchers, community and school leaders, and youth together to develop and implement policies and practices that are informed by the best evidence on what works to create protective