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PreventConnect

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PreventConnect is a national project with the goal to advance the primary prevention of sexual assault and relationship violence by building a community of practice among people who are engaged in such efforts. PreventConnect also builds the capacity of local, state, territorial, national and tribal agencies and organizations to develop, implement and evaluate effective prevention initiatives.

To achieve this goal, PreventConnect uses various forms of online media to connect people and ideas. PreventConnect explores issues and highlights efforts to:

  • stop sexual assault and relationship violence before it starts,
  • engage communities in preventing sexual assault and relationship violence, and
  • build upon the strengths of the rape crisis and domestic violence movements, public health and other prevention efforts to create social change.

History of Sexual Assault Awareness

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  • 1960s – sexual assault prevention is born
  • 1970s – Sexual abuse survivors reveals stories publicly
  • 1975 – Susan Brownmiller act & Congress passes Rape Control Act
  • 1980s – Sexual child abuse prevention programs emerge, federal government invests monetarily into efforts, more laws passed to prevent the crime, & survivors begin to seek services
  • 1984 – Campus Sexual Assault Project
  • 2001 – Sexual Assault Awareness Month is established
  • 2009 – Obama proclaims April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month

 

Sexual Abuse Therapy

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  • Sexual abuse can disrupt brain development, cause PTSD, and lead to depression and suicide
  • 50% of victims suffer mental health problems
  • Every victim needs therapy after sexual abuse

American Attitudes Towards Child Sexual Abuse

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  • 93% feel institutions fail to implement adequate  Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) policies
  • 92% of Americans believe CSA is a major problem
  • 90% want to know more about how to handle CSA
  • 83% understand training is vital in preventing CSA
  • 80% want to know how spot signs of CSA
  • 80% think most CSA cases are unreported
  • 75% cannot recognize signs of CSA
  • 66% feel all institutions should have CSA policies in place
  • 41% believe we hear about cases when they occur
  • 13% believe most have had proper CSA training

Sexual Abuse Facts in Numbers

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  • 200,000+ victims / year
  • Every 2 minutes a sexual assault occurs
  • 44% victims are under age 18
  • 66% of attackers know the victims
  • 1 in 33 men have been sexually abused
  • 1 in 6 women have been sexually abused