Sexual Violence Prevention & Education Program (formerly Rape Prevention & Education Program)
Funding for SVPEP comes through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Site Maintained by:
Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health,
The University of Arizona
1295 N. Martin Ave., PO Box 245209, Tucson AZ 85724
svpep@email.arizona.edu
From the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
This publication from the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control explains the public health approach to prevention:
The CDC recommends using these proven principles to help design effective prevention programs:
- Nine Principles of Effective Prevention Programs “At a Glance”
- Applying the Principles of Prevention
From the National Sexual Violence Resource Center
Sexual Violence and the Spectrum of Prevention: Towards a Community Solution
This NSVRC publication explores the Spectrum of Prevention tool, which outlines six levels of intervention and focuses on exploring conditions in an environment which allow sexual violence to occur and replacing current norms with norms that promote safety, respect and equality. (Posted 5/11/07)
Other Resources
View the 2004 Arizona State Plan on Domestic & Sexual Violence. This report from the Governor's Commission to Prevent Violence Against Women identifies ways of improving Arizona's response to these public health and safety issues. [Posted 8/15/07]
SVPEP Presentations & Workshops
- The Truth (and Lies) About Statistics and Evaluation (PDF) (posted 3/21/2007)
- An Overview of Social Learning Theory
- Counting Rape
- Guidelines for Tracking and Documenting Progress (PDF)
- Effectiveness of a Sexual Assault Education Program
- Forced Sexual Intercourse & Associated Health Risk Behaviors
- Why Men Rape: Applications to Prevention
- Rape Prevention Education: Towards Closing the Gap
- Using Current Theory on Rape Causes to Inform Prevention
Bibliography of books, video and curriculum resources (updated 04/05)
- This bibliography contains references to books, video and curricula that aim to inform the public about sexual violence and its aftermath. This is often a difficult topic to discuss and to learn about. We hope that this list will prove useful to individuals and groups searching for information on this topic.
- These lists are provided for information purposes only. The Arizona Department of Health Services and the University of Arizona do not specifically endorse the materials listed herein. For more information about a specificresource please contact the listed publisher or distributor directly.
- The bibliography is a work in process, and will be updated with new materials and with new subject areas as they become available. Some of the resources are available in Spanish and a few are available in other languages
- If you have suggestions for additional listings please contact Nicole Yuan, PhD (nyuan@email.arizona.edu).
Curricula and Training Materials HTML / PDF
updated 10/22/07