[Prevscilist] Prevention of Violence Course Announcement Reminder

[Jeffrey Todahl]

Dear Prevention Science Students:

I wanted to let you know... The Prevention of Interpersonal Violence course has only 9 remaining slots for graduate students. If you have an interest in taking the course, I encourage you to sign up in the next few days. Information about the course is below, and if you'd like to discuss the course with me as a part of your decision making, please feel free to contact me. If you'd like to hear student perspectives about the course, I encourage you to speak with students who have taken the course in the past 2 years, including recent graduates of the Prevention Science program.

Thanks. - Jeff Todahl (346-0919; jtodahl at uoregon.edu<mailto:jtodahl at uoregon.edu>).

COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT

Prevention of Interpersonal Violence
FHS 483/583 (4 credits)
Spring, 2016
Tuesday/Thursday, 10-11:50
Dr. Jeff Todahl

For More Information:
http://90by30.com

What contributes to the ongoing occurrence of violence in interpersonal relationships? What is being done - or can be done - to significantly reduce sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and child abuse and neglect? This course examines the social conditions that foster and sustain violence in interpersonal relationships, including unique features of these issues within and across diverse populations. Emphasis is placed on identifying solutions to this perplexing and enduring problem, with emphasis on research-informed public health strategies, primary prevention, implementation science, collective impact, and community-based initiatives. Students will better understand how 'systems of prevention' can be constructed to reduce interpersonal violence and will be encouraged to apply these ideas to social and public health problems of their interest.

Additional Course Details:
This course is designed for graduate students and advanced undergraduate students who have a high interest in the role of public health and primary prevention strategies toward the reduction of health and social problems. Although the course investigates the factors that contribute to interpersonal violence overall, emphasis is placed on the prevention of child abuse and neglect (which includes child exposure to intimate partner violence). Students will apply prevention theory and implementation science, public health, social media, and bystander intervention knowledge toward violence prevention initiatives.

The Course Includes an Examination of:



-          Historical origins of interpersonal violence

-          Anthropological and sociological perspectives of interpersonal violence, e.g., violence culture, rape culture, gender

-          Features of cultural groups with comparatively low rates of sexual and interpersonal violence

-          Impact of sexual and interpersonal violence on relationship satisfaction and health outcomes

-          The role of prevention science, measurement, and the public health model in changing sexual and interpersonal violence incidence and prevalence rates.

-          Introduction to evidence-based violence prevention curricula

-          Introduction to bystander intervention

-          Public health and primary prevention theory

-          Examination of a placed-based 'system of prevention' toward child abuse prevention

Course Objectives:

1.       To develop a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics associated with sexual violence, child abuse and neglect and intimate partner violence.
2.       To develop a working understanding of prevention theory, the public health model, and 'collective impact.'
3.       To become familiar with important prevention and intervention resources locally and nationally.

  1.  To become familiar with issues associated with prevention and intervention for underrepresented and diverse communities.
5.       To understand key components of a coordinated community prevention and response system.
6.       To recognize how, as an individual, one can contribute to prevention and a coordinated community response to violence.
7.       To understand the co-occurrence of intimate partner violence and child exposure.
8.       To understand the impact of child abuse and neglect, sexual violence, and intimate partner violence on child development, health, and social outcomes.
9.       To become increasingly familiar with one's own attitudes and emotional response to abuse, neglect, and intimate partner violence - and to understand the implications of those attitudes and response.

University of Oregon Catalog Course Description:
This course examines interpersonal violence and community-based prevention using ecological, multicultural, and international frameworks. Emphasis is placed on assessment, prevention, intervention and simultaneous occurrence of adult violence and child maltreatment.

Enrollment:

-          Graduate students

-          FHS Seniors

-          Advanced undergraduate students (Jr./Sr.) with career interests in prevention and interpersonal violence. Advanced undergraduate students are admitted with instructor permission.

Enrollment cap: 50

For more information about abuse prevention, please see: http://90by30.com



Jeff Todahl, Ph.D.
Director, Center for the Prevention of Abuse and Neglect<https://education.uoregon.edu/rou/center-prevention-abuse-and-neglect>
Associate Professor, Couples and Family Therapy
Counseling Psychology and Human Services
College of Education, University of Oregon
(541) 346-0919; (541) 346-6778 (FAX)
5251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Center for the Prevention of Abuse & Neglect
Rainier Building 1244 Walnut St.  Eugene, OR   97403

For information about our child abuse prevention initiative,
Please see http://90by30.com<http://90by30.com/>

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