Intimate Partner Violence / Sexual Violence Data Elements and Surveillance

1. Intimate Partner Violence / Sexual Violence Data Elements and Surveillance Michele C. Lynberg, PhD MPH Division of Violence Prevention National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

2. The Public Health Approach to Prevention Implement & Disseminate Develop and Evaluate Interventions Identify Causes Define the problem or Surveillance Problem Response

3. CDC’s Research Agenda on Surveillance of IPV and SV • Develop and evaluate surveillance methods for IPV and SV • Improved surveillance methods will provide better information to guide program development and evaluation • National and state level data • Better tracking and monitoring methods are necessary to support intervention and prevention efforts

4. Current IPV and SV Surveillance Activities at CDC • Optional Modules for the BRFSS • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Surveillance (NISVS) • Pilot Survey - 2006 • Ongoing, biannual – beginning?

5. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) • Unique state-based surveillance • Largest continuously conducted telephone survey in the world • Core questions, optional modules, state-added questions • Substantial need to measure SV and IPV over time using uniform definitions and survey methods

6. 2005 BRFSS Optional Module on Sexual Violence 8 Questions Past 12 months • Situations • Touching • Unwanted sex (attempted) • Unwanted sex • Relationship information for unwanted sex Lifetime • Unwanted sex (attempted) • Unwanted sex

7. 2005 BRFSS Optional Module onIntimate Partner Violence 7 Questions Past 12 months • Physical violence or unwanted sex • Injuries • Relationship information – most recent incident Lifetime • Threatened physical violence • Attempted physical violence • Physical violence • Unwanted sex

8. States Implementing Intimate Partner Violence and /or Sexual Violence Modules in 2005 BRFSS Virgin Islands Sexual Violence Only Hawaii Intimate Partner Violence Only Both Modules

9. National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Surveillance System (NISVS) • Dedicated, ongoing state-based survey • IPV, SV, stalking • Perpetration and victimization • Questions developed collaboratively with other government agencies (NCHS, DOJ)

10. NISVS Pilot Study Evaluate the impact of context and question order on reporting of IPV and SV • Context of questions • Health and violence • Crime and violence • Family Conflict and violence • Order of questions • Perpetration followed by victimization • Victimization followed by perpetration

11. Contact Information Michele Lynberg mcl2@cdc.gov 770-488-4406 www.cdc.gov/ncipc