{"id":152151,"date":"2026-04-06T11:08:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151//?p=152151"},"modified":"2026-04-06T11:08:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:08:58","slug":"ucf-research-to-help-inform-statewide-efforts-to-stop-domestic-violence-and-improve-care-for-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151//ucf-research-to-help-inform-statewide-efforts-to-stop-domestic-violence-and-improve-care-for-survivors/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151//","title":{"rendered":"Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Research to Help Inform Statewide Efforts to Stop Domestic Violence and Improve Care for Survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Florida is turning to Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ experts to find better ways to prevent domestic violence and give survivors a stronger voice in the services they need./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/n

Through a $257,384 two-year grant from the Florida Partnership to End Domestic Violence, faculty from Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u2019s Violence Against Women research cluster are conducting a statewide domestic violence needs assessment. Their findings will help policymakers and local agencies develop better strategies to fund and support domestic violence prevention programs that empower survivors./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u201cThe collective goal of our work is to give people working in these programs and people using these services a voice,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u201d says Bethany Backes, associate professor of social work at Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u2019s College of Health Professions and Sciences, who leads the Violence Against Women cluster and is the project/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u2019s principal investigator. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u201cHaving research that practitioners can understand and interpret in a way that/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u2019s helpful is important to us. “What we’re creating now is hopefully something that can be used for years to come.”/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/n

The World/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u2019s Women/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/n

Violence against women is a global issue. According to UN Women, nearly one in three women worldwide have been subjected to physical and/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151//or sexual intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence, or both at least once in their life. In 2024, around 50,000 women and girls worldwide were killed by their intimate partners or other family members./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u201cWe/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u2019re looking at criminal justice, sociology, health, and so much more that altogether could create solutions beyond any one discipline./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u201d /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u2014 Kim Anderson, Professor of Social Work/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/n

Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u2019s faculty cluster /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u2014 working across the disciplines of education, social work, criminal justice, sociology and medicine /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u2014 was created a decade ago to change these outcomes. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u201cWe know how complex this social problem is,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u201d says Kim Anderson, a professor of social work and cluster member. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u201cWe/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u2019re looking at criminal justice, sociology, health, and so much more that altogether could create solutions beyond any one discipline./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/n

Informing Florida/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u2019s Strategy/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/n

The researchers have already identified some key needs for the state to examine./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u201cFor example, we/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u2019re seeing people facing abuse who are having to spend more on food or other necessities as they navigate shifts in funding for certain assistance programs,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u201d Backes says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u201cWhat we/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u2019re also seeing is the effect of population booms, and how rapid growth and rapid decline in some areas affects the need for services./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152151/n