
More Information About Effective Prevention
PAAR’s prevention utilizes the socio-ecological model, pillars of prevention, tenets of effective prevention, community readiness assessment model combined with a public health approach.
Socio-Ecological Model
https://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/overview/social-ecologicalmodel.html
Pillars of Prevention
https://www.preventtogether.org/Resources/Documents/PreventionCoalitionPillarsFinal2015.pdf
The pillars of prevention focus work on:
- Strengthening the prevention capacity of youth-serving organizations
- Supporting the healthy development of children
- Promoting healthy relationships and sexuality education for children and youth
- Ending the demand for children as sexual commodities
- Establishing sustainable funding for prevention
- Preventing initial perpetration of child sexual abuse and exploitation
Tenets of effective prevention
https://209.198.129.131/images/AmPsy_WhatWorksInPrevention_6-7-2003.pdf
- Comprehensive in approach and audience
- Varied teaching methods
- Sufficient doses
- Theory driven
- Timing
- Socio-culturally relevant
- Outcome evaluation
- Well-trained staff
Community Readiness Assessment Model
https://triethniccenter.colostate.edu/communityReadiness_home.htm
Public Health Approach
https://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/overview/publichealthapproach.html