Evaluating Structural, Economic, Environmental, or Policy Primary Prevention Strategies for Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence
Research Funding Opportunity Announcement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Intimate partner and sexual violence are critical public health issues. In the United States (U.S.), 24% of women and 14% of men have experienced severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime, 9% of women have been raped by an intimate partner in their lifetime, and 11% of women and 2% of men have been stalked by an intimate partner in their lifetime. In the U.S., nearly 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men experiencing rape at some point in their lives. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) Division of Violence Prevention is working to strengthen and broaden the understanding of what works to prevent intimate partner and sexual violence.
On December 1, 2014, CDC released RFA-CE-15-003, Evaluating Structural, Economic, Environmental, or Policy Primary Prevention Strategies for Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence. NCIPC intends to commit up to $1,200,000 in Fiscal Year 2015 to support up to three cooperative agreements to rigorously evaluate structural, economic, environmental, or policy strategies for the primary prevention of intimate partner and/or sexual violence. The proposed research will add to the limited knowledge base on effective prevention strategies by evaluating the use of community-level approaches that change one or more of the social, economic, behavioral, or environmental characteristics of a community in order to prevent and reduce rates of intimate partner and/or sexual violence perpetration, victimization, or both perpetration and victimization. The funding opportunity announcement can be found at www.grants.gov.
Letter of Intent due: January 19, 2015 (the date of January 19, 2016 listed in the FOA is an error)
Applications due: March 5, 2015
