title: CDC's DELTA FOCUS Program: Identifying Promising Primary Prevention Strategies for Intimate Partner Violence.
abstract: According to 2011 data, nearly one in four women and one in seven men in the United States experience severe physical violence by an intimate partner, creating a public health burden requiring population-level solutions. To prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) before it occurs, the CDC developed Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership Through Alliances, Focusing on Outcomes for Communities United with States to identify promising community- and societal-level prevention strategies to prevent IPV. The program funds 10 state domestic violence coalitions for 5 years to implement and evaluate programs and policies to prevent IPV by influencing the environments and conditions in which people live, work, and play. The program evaluation goals are to promote IPV prevention by identifying promising prevention strategies and describing those strategies using case studies, thereby creating a foundation for building practice-based evidence with a health equity approach.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta, Georgia .
authors.forename: Theresa L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Armstead
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta, Georgia .
authors.forename: Kirsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rambo
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta, Georgia .
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kearns
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta, Georgia .
authors.forename: Kathryn M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta, Georgia .
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dills
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta, Georgia .
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D005260:Female; D000069576:Health Equity; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D011322:Primary Prevention; D015397:Program Evaluation; D064890:Social Determinants of Health; D014481:United States
keywords: health disparities; health equity; intimate partner violence; social determinants of health