BEST PRACTICES AND THE PATH FORWARD FOR MEASURING PREVENTION OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE

In February 2020, the Alliance to End Abuse launched Contra Costa County’s Call to Action: Preventing Interpersonal Violence. This comprehensive framework brings together numerous evidence-informed strategies that individuals, organizations, and the community at large can pursue to realize the vision of Contra Costa County as “a diverse and culturally rich community where all people thrive free from violence and the threat of violence.” This document provides a roadmap for connecting the values, vision, and goals of the Call to Action with 1) best practices for performance measurement in general an for violence prevention specifically, 2) an inventory of Alliance partner organizations’ data capacities and existing data sources that speak to prevention goals,  and 3) suggested next steps for implementation. For more, please read the executive summary or the full report.

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We gratefully acknowledge the individuals and organizations that participated in surveys and interviews assessing the availability of prevention data within Contra Costa County, as well as the authors and contributors of Contra Costa County’s Call to Action: Preventing Interpersonal Violence. Rebecca Loya, Susun Kim, and Alexandra Madsen provided invaluable feedback and insights regarding prevention and the unique context of Contra Costa County. 

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This project was made possible with funding from the Blue Shield of California Foundation. The findings and opinions presented in this document are those of the author alone, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Blue Shield of California Foundation.