231311 Towards Recovery: Understanding the health implications of a male domestic violence intervention program

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Rohan Jeremiah, ABD, MPH , Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, St. George's University School of Medicine, St. George's, Grenada
The United Nation's Development Fund for Women's (UNIFEM) established a Partnership for Peace Program (PFP) targeting first-time domestic violence male offenders as a means to reduce the prevalence of domestic violence and risky behavior patterns among Caribbean men. This poster presents preliminary results of an ongoing two-year research project that evaluates the PFP Caribbean-specific intervention model. Our analysis is based on a mix-method approach that compares the impact of men and their ability to sustain healthy behavioral practices based on the program model. As public health program evaluators, we evaluate the health implications among the program participants, looking specifically at how do they mitigate the use of violence and risky behavior in ways that can improve their health outcomes. The results of this evaluation are expected to facilitate future plans to develop a preventative intervention that will be geared towards at-risk male teenagers.

Learning Areas:
Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Public health or related education
Public health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Evaluate the health implications among men who participate in a domestic violence intervention program. Assess how do men mitigate the use of violence and risky behavioral patterns as part of re-framing a healthy masculine identity.

Keywords: Male Health, Domestic Violence

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Rohan D. Jeremiah
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.