Rape prevention and education: assessing coalition capacity to advance primary prevention - the purpose of this project is to build and enhance the primary prevention capacity of the indiana sexual…

Rape prevention and education: assessing coalition capacity to advance primary prevention - the purpose of this project is to build and enhance the primary prevention capacity of the indiana sexual assault coalitions in preparation for sexual violence prevention strategy implementation focused on advancing health equity. During this one-year funding opportunity the indiana coalition to end sexual assault [D.B.a indiana coalition to end sexual assault and human trafficking (icesaht)] will conduct a primary prevention capacity assessment of readiness to plan and implement equity-focused strategies, develop recommendations based on assessment findings to promote health equity, and advance primary prevention in future work. This assessment will be of our organization as well as with indiana colleges and universities as members of the indiana state campus consortium, made up of campus sexual assault prevention leaders. Icesaht will use a data-driven approach to address primary prevention capacity to identify population(s) and communities within indiana's higher education system with a high burden of sexual violence (SV), assess existing partnerships to determine gaps, and identify collaboratives to advance health equity and align coalition and state rape prevention and education (RPE) program primary prevention efforts. Completing the assessment will lead to increased ability to understand and address the inequities that create a disproportionate burden of SV. This work helps build the foundation for coalitions to develop recommendation to enhance, expand, and strengthen primary sexual violence prevention efforts, address health inequities, increase the use of data to inform programmatic decisions and create meaningful engagement with state health departments, state sexual assault coalitions, culturally specific organizations, and underserved communities in the RPE program.