Prevention

Prevention describes approaches, programs, and strategies designed to promote healthy environments and behaviors and to prevent unhealthy environments and behaviors.  Intimate partner violence prevention, sexual violence prevention, and dating violence prevention are targeted strategies to mitigate and end abusive or violent behavior.   

 

Prevention Resources

Prevention is at the core of the Nebraska Coalition's work. Through education, advocacy, and a vast member network, the Nebraska Coalition is committed to promoting awareness and building effective prevention strategies as a means to end violent and abusive behaviors.

The Nebraska Coalition uses a research based model to institute effective prevention strategies. Following this philosophy, the Coalition is able to engage in a collaborative approach to engage in the most impactful and up-to-date information. This allows us to produce the most effective results in our prevention efforts. 

About Basics of Prevention

About Prevention Models

About Current Approaches to Prevention

 

Prevention in Nebraska

Sexual Violence Prevention Plan of Nebraska

The Sexual Violence Prevention Plan of Nebraska (2010) recommends prevention efforts focus on the universal population of young people ages 11-17, and on the selected population of youth living in rural areas. The plan recommends several highly promising avenues for collaboration among agencies and presents seven recommended goals for sexual violence prevention.

Network Program Standards for Prevention

The Nebraska Coalition holds network programs to a set of standards which include expectations for prevention efforts and activities. For more information, please see the Nebraska Program Standards.

Lindsay Ann Burke Act

The Nebraska Legislature passed the Lindsay Ann Burke Act in 2009.  The law is named after a 23-year-old woman from Rhode Island who was murdered by her boyfriend. To learn more about Lindsay Ann Burke, visit the Lindsay Ann Burke Memorial Fund.

The Lindsay Ann Burke Act requires each public school district to create policies and procedures to address teen dating violence in schools.  Schools must publish these policies in their school handbooks and share the information with parents.  Under this law, all school staff who has contact with students will receive training on teen dating violence.  Students will receive age-appropriate information on dating violence and healthy relationships in the classroom. To learn more about the Lindsay Ann Burke Act and how it is implemented in Nebraska, read Resources and Information to Assist with the Prevention of Dating Violence in Nebraska School Districts

 

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