Primary Prevention Is? A Global Perspective on How Organizations Engaging Men in Preventing Gender-Based Violence Conceptualize and Operationalize Their Work.
Engaging men in addressing violence against women (VAW) has become a strategy in the global prevention of gender-based violence. Concurrently, Western public health frameworks have been utilized to guide prevention agendas worldwide. Using qualitative methods, this study describes how global anti-violence organizations that partner with men conceptualize primary prevention in their work. Findings suggest that "primary prevention" is not a fixed term in the context of VAW and that front-line prevention work challenges rigidly delineated distinctions between levels of prevention. Much can be learned from global organizations' unique and contextualized approaches to the prevention of VAW.
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA hstorer@tulane.edu.
Heather L
HL
Storer
University of Washington, Tacoma, WA, USA.
Erin A
EA
Casey
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
Juliana
J
Carlson
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Jeffrey L
JL
Edleson
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Richard M
RM
Tolman
D003210:Concept Formation; D005260:Female; D064410:Human Trafficking / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008571:Men; D009938:Organizations; D011322:Primary Prevention; D011634:Public Health; D011902:Rape / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017406:Sexual Harassment / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control*
engaging men; primary prevention; violence against women