Sexual misconduct policies and administrator perceptions among 4-year colleges and universities in Georgia

Bellis, Alexandra L.; Schipani-McLaughlin, Anne Marie; Salazar, Laura F.; Swartout, Kevin M.; Swahn, Monica H.

doi:10.1080/07448481.2018.1432624

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“…Changes in 2011 to Title IX of the Education Amendments (Title IX) required colleges to make efforts to prevent campus sexual violence (Larkin, 2016). A few studies that investigated the impact of these recent Title IX updates (n = 4) indicated that these changes have shed light on and sought to fill gaps in university policies regarding sexual assault and sexual harassment (Bellis et al, 2018;Miller, 2018). These changes are thought to have increased student empowerment to report victimisation experiences (Miller, 2018), potentially increasing access to supportive services, including contraceptive care, following victimisation.…”

Section: Title IX Of the Education Amendmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy impacts on contraceptive access in the United States: a scoping review

Swan

2023

J Pop Research

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Contraceptive access is influenced by policy decisions, which can expand and constrict the contraceptive options available. This study explored the impact of recent US federal policies on contraceptive access by identifying and reviewing empirical literature, which is then presented and discussed using Levesque et al.’s (2013) healthcare access framework. A scoping review was conducted to identify empirical studies (N = 96) examining the impact of recent federal policy (passed from 2009 to 2019) on contraceptive access. Most identified studies examined the role of the Affordable Care Act (n = 53) and Title X of the Public Health Service Act (n = 25), showing many benefits of both policies for contraceptive access, particularly through improved affordability, availability, and appropriateness of contraceptive care. Other identified studies examined the impact of policies funding abstinence-only sex education (n = 2) and the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (n = 3), military policies related to the availability of contraception (n = 1), guidelines for quality contraceptive care (n = 3), Title IX of the Education Amendments (n = 4), the Violence Against Women Act (n = 1), and the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act (n = 4). Through increased outreach efforts, normalising of care, availability of services, cost subsidies, and provider competencies, recent federal policy has, overall, enhanced contraceptive access across the dimensions of healthcare access. Numerous policy and practice gaps and needs are identified, and future directions for research, policy, and practice are suggested.

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Section: Title IX Of the Education Amendmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy impacts on contraceptive access in the United States: a scoping review

Swan

2023

J Pop Research

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“…Emerging research on how administrators perceive the institutional response to sexual assault finds a somewhat more positive outlook. In a state-wide, multi-phase study of administrators in the U.S. state of Georgia, almost 30% of participants stated that their response could be a model for other institutions (Bellis et al, 2018). Moylan et al (2020) also found that campus personnel report improvements in response efforts and an increased focus on fairness.…”

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Perceptions of Institutional Response to Sexual Assault Amongst College-Based Victim Advocates

Nightingale

2023

J Interpers Violence

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Federal law in the United States mandates that institutions of higher education address sexual assault within their communities. Colleges and universities have increasingly hired full-time professionals to manage response efforts, including campus-based victim advocates. Campus-based advocates provide emotional support, help students access and understand report options, and ensure students receive appropriate accommodations. Very little is known about the experience or perceptions of campus-based victim advocates. In this study, 208 professional campus-based advocates from across the United States completed an anonymous online survey focused on their perceptions of campus response to sexual assault. Multiple regression analysis was applied to investigate how psychosocial factors (burnout, secondary trauma, and compassion satisfaction) and organizational factors (perceptions of leadership, organizational support, and community relational health) were associated with advocate perceptions of institutional response to sexual assault. Findings indicate that while advocates experience burnout and secondary trauma, and have lower than average compassion satisfaction scores, these psychosocial outcomes do not influence their perception of response efforts. However, all the organizational factors significantly contribute to how advocates view response. The more positively advocates viewed leadership, campus support, and relational health, the more positive they viewed the response efforts on campus. In order to improve response efforts, administrators should engage in meaningful training on sexual assault, include campus advocates in high-level discussions of campus sexual assault and ensure appropriate resources are provided to advocacy services.

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“…With few exceptions, there is little research on best ways to engage with students with campus policy information (Potter et al, 2016). Although effective campus SV policies are needed, the development of such is often a time-and labor-intensive process requiring IHE investment, implementation and compliance are often problematic, and outcomes are long-term (Backman et al, 2020;Bellis et al, 2018). Accordingly, it is important to shift the focus from campus-level policies to state-and national-level policies that can collectively work to prevent campus SV.…”

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Advancing a Comprehensive Multilevel Approach to Sexual Violence Prevention Using Existing Efficacious Programs

Schipani-McLaughlin,

Gilmore,

Salazar

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Journal of Forensic Nursing

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Sexual violence (SV) is a serious and long-standing public health problem on college campuses. At institutions of higher education, campus administrators, activists, and practitioners have worked for decades to address campus SV. Despite federally mandated campus SV prevention programming, rates of campus SV remain unchanged. The purpose of this commentary is to outline a strategy for enhancing campus SV prevention efforts using a comprehensive multilevel approach utilizing existing efficacious programs. The following three strategies for implementing optimal campus SV prevention are proposed, which include (a) the need to prioritize efficacy, (b) targeting multiple levels of the social ecology, and (c) leveraging the benefits of in-person programming and technology-driven prevention. A call to action is included for both institutions of higher education administrators and practitioners to implement and invest in comprehensive multilevel interventions using existing, efficacious SV programs, ideally combining a technology-based program with an in-person component. Furthermore, a coordinated effort between prevention and response is needed to achieve successful prevention of campus SV and revictimization, including a connection with the community for postassault interventions. Thus, implementing multilevel interventions on college campuses using existing evidence-based programs in combination with a coordinated community response of postassault interventions can bring the campus community together and is optimal to moving the needle on rates of campus SV.

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Sexual misconduct policies and administrator perceptions among 4-year colleges and universities in Georgia

Abstract: There is extensive variability in institutional responses to sexual violence across universities and colleges despite recent media attention and federal guidance.

Cited by 8 publications

References 6 publications

Policy impacts on contraceptive access in the United States: a scoping review

Policy impacts on contraceptive access in the United States: a scoping review

Perceptions of Institutional Response to Sexual Assault Amongst College-Based Victim Advocates

Advancing a Comprehensive Multilevel Approach to Sexual Violence Prevention Using Existing Efficacious Programs

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