title: Primary prevention of violence against women: training needs of violence practitioners.
abstract: Practitioners in domestic violence and sexual assault programs have been encouraged by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control to enhance their activities in violence prevention; however, many practitioners have not been trained in prevention concepts and strategies. Therefore, a needs assessment was undertaken with practitioners in the Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances and the Rape Prevention and Education programs to determine training needs. Results show that practitioners are very interested in primary prevention. They want to learn about working at the community level (rather than the individual level), developing and evaluating prevention activities, and identifying effective primary prevention programs.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Sandra L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Tamera
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Coyne-Beasley
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoehn
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mathew
authors.forename: Carol W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Runyan
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Orton
authors.forename: Leigh-Anne
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Royster
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003154:Community Medicine / Q000193:education; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States