For victims of abuse using a computer at home, or where an abuser has access to it, can be very dangerous.  It is impossible to erase all computer history.  Additionally, spyware can be installed onto your computer without your knowledge and give the abuser ways to track and monitor your computer activity.

We highly recommend that you use a computer that you know is “safe,” and to which the abuser does not have access.  You can go to a trusted friend’s home, a public library, or a rape crisis or domestic violence program in your community.

You can also call: 

• National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or TTY 1-800-787-3224
• Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or visit their on-line hotline at https://ohl.rainn.org/online/
• National Teen Dating Violence Hotline  1-866-331-9474 or TTY 1-866-331-8453
• If you are in danger now, call 911

About the Program

The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Prevention Program (SADVPP) seeks to improve the health status of Ohio women by identifying issues that affect women’s health and developing programs to address those issues.  These programs include those that address sexual assault and domestic violence prevention and services.  The SADVPP works in partnership with other state and non-profit agencies to implement statewide programs such as:

• Promoting Women’s Health Week
• Funding local sexual violence prevention efforts through the Rape Prevention and Education Grant, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from the Violence Against Women Act  
• Maintaining the Ohio Protocol for Sexual Assault and Forensic and Medical Examinations
• Promoting domestic violence awareness and resources for State of Ohio employees
• Coordinating statewide sexual violence prevention efforts

What’s New?

• Barbara Warner Committee Workplace Domestic Violence Year 2 report to Governor John K. Kasich
   Click here for the 2011 report.

• RPE Evaluation Project
  
  Dr. Sandra Ortega is working with ODH SADVPP to evaluate the ODH Violence Against Women Act funded rape prevention education programs. Dr. Ortega has been working with the Ohio Domestic Violence Network where she has been an evaluation consultant for their DELTA intimate partner violence prevention programs. She has benefitted from extensive training from CDC and brings both her professional expertise in evaluation and her knowledge of CDC priorities and expectations to her work with SADVPP.
  
  Dr. Ortega has presented a series of webinars to assist local rape prevention programs in overall program development and evaluation. These webinars have been archived with their handouts. If you are interested in receiving the archived link please e-mail bhprr@odh.ohio.gov; subject line: ATT: SADVPP
  
  Webinar topics
  - Assessing Your Project’s Primary Prevention Capacity
  - Linking Learning Objectives, Goal Statements and Outcome Measurements
  - Conducting a Community Needs Assessment
  - Developing a Logic Model 
  - Building a Data Entry System that Links with Your Logic Model

• 2011 Ohio Protocol for Sexual Assault Forensic and Medical Examination is now available.  See left menu and go to "Sexual Assault" link.
  

• Ohio Department of Education’s Ohio’s Anti Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying (HIB) Initiative will offer 10 FREE Monthly Anti HIB Webinar Series. 

   

  ODH, SADVPP is teaming up with the ODE, AGO, ODADAS and ODMH to provide training, technical assistance and resources around Ohio’ HIB Initiative.  The goal of this project is to create safe learning environments in Ohio’s schools and communities by reducing HIB in any form. 

   

  Follow the link to learn more about the project or to sign-up for the webinar.  All webinars will be archived on ODE’s HIB Resource website.   

   

• Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Reorders
  
  To place your reorder contact Brooks-Yates Diversified Industries, Inc located in Circleville at 740-474-1552.  The item number hasn't changed (#6075).
  

• A Safer Campus: A Guidebook for Prevention and Response to Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence and Stalking for Ohio Campuses

  The Governor’s Office for Women’s Initiative and Outreach, Ohio Board of Regents and ODH convened a statewide Task Force broadly representing Ohio’s campus communities and partners to indentify best practices to prevent and respond to sexual and intimate partner violence and stalking.  The Task Force published the Guidebook (August 2010) that identifies key recommendations Ohio’s colleges and universities can implement in four focused areas: Preparedness, Prevention, Response and Recovery.  By taking this focused approach, the Task Force seeks to provide avenues for short and long term action by Ohio colleges and the individuals within them.  Click here for Ohio Campus Guidebook 

• Campus Safety Regional Meetings August/September 2011

   

  ODH, Ohio Board of Regents, Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence and Ohio Domestic Violence Network will be sponsoring regional meetings for Ohio’s College Campuses.  For more information about these meetings contact our office at 614-466-2144.
  

• Project Connect

The ODH Family Planning Program, SADVPP and the Ohio Domestic Violence Network (ODVN) are collaborating on a new pilot project addressing at-risk populations in family planning clinics and adolescent health setting about sexual and reproductive coercion.  ODVN received a grant from the Futures without Violence formerly known as the Family Violence Prevention Fund (http://www.futureswithoutviolence.org)  to identify, assess and implement support and referral mechanisms to victims of coercion and violence.     

Four ODH-funded family planning agencies and seven adolescent health sites have been chosen to participate in this pilot project. Clinic staff at the pilot sites will be trained on improving screening techniques of all clients for sexual and reproductive coercion and on referrals of identified victims to resources within their community.   Additionally, the pilot project will be strengthening partnerships between the local family planning clinics and the corresponding local domestic violence and sexual violence agencies.

For more information contact the ODH Family Planning Program at 614-466-5332.

• Pathways in Prevention: A Roadmap for Change

  Ohio’s Plan for Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention

  ODH, in collaboration with the ODVN, co-convened a coalition of representatives of state level agencies, professional associations, local level prevention programs, allied professionals and key stakeholders.  With support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Ohio Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention consortium endeavored to create a strategic plan for the prevention of sexual and intimate partner violence in Ohio.

  Pathways in Prevention: A Roadmap for Change - Executive Summary.  For the complete report go to http://www.odvn.org/ click on the prevention tab.  If you would like a hard copy of the Executive Summary please contact Office of Healthy Ohio and ask to speak to someone from the Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Prevention Program at 614-466-2144.

Mailing Address:

Ohio Department of Health
Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Prevention Program
246 North High Street – 8th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215

Telephone: 614-466-2144

Fax:  614-564-2409 or 614-644-7740

E-mail: BHPRR@odh.ohio.gov

Last Updated September 2011