2023–2027 Research Program
People who use domestic, family and sexual violence
The Australian National Research Organisation for Women's Safety (ANROWS) is funding Violence Prevention Australia to address key questions about violence perpetration for its prevention. Who perpetrates domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV)? What leads them to perpetrate such violence? And what responses support behaviour change and prevent the use of DFSV? Understanding these pivotal questions will help us identify impactful strategies that empower families, communities, and support services to prevent violence before it happens.
Tools and resources are valuable assets for practitioners to use in addressing domestic, family, and sexual violence (DFSV). This project will trial our novel violence prevention resources for health and wellbeing practitioners to use in their everyday line of work with people who have the potential to choose to be violent, or who have experience with DFSV.
Promising practices in violence prevention for community health and wellbeing practitioners
ANROWS is funding Violence Prevention Australia to conduct up to three trials with practitioners using the In Safe Hands suite of resources. Trials are in Queensland and Victoria with service organisations working with Australian First Nations people, regional and under-served rural communities and newly arrived migrant and refugee women.
Total funding: $204,686.00 (excl. GST)
Final report due: March 2027
In Safe Hands
The C‐10 is a model for use in primary care to encourage the prevention of violence. The C-10 evolved from many years of clinical practice and brings together literature from divergent fields.
Violence Prevention Australia developed the In Safe Hands package for primary care and wellbeing practitioners with support from the RDAQ Foundation.
The resources train practitioners in the use of the C-10, a tool to support health and healing practitioners how to have difficult conversations around family violence and violence against women and children, gently, safely and effectively.
The C-10
The C‐10 is a model for use in primary care to encourage the prevention of violence. The C-10 evolved from many years of clinical practice and brings together literature from divergent fields.
The C‐10 was created to address a significant gap in the suite of violence prevention efforts with all people at risk of using violence prior to any event.
The model is a free resource for clinical practitioners. It has been developed and used in time and resource poor settings with General Practitioners (GPs), nurses, allied health and wellbeing workers.
The tool includes a conversation template and a take‐home framework to allow individuals to reflect, anticipate and modify their responses to problems—to make deliberate choices to avoid violence in their actions.
The Period of PURPLE Crying
Violence Prevention Australia supports The National Centre on Shaken Baby Syndrome (US) which is committed to prevent shaken baby syndrome and promote the wellbeing of infants through the development and implementation of programs, policy and research and to support and educate families, caregivers and professionals.
The Period of PURPLE Crying is designed and approved by paediatricians, public health nurses, child development experts and parents.
The program materials are:
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Educational, attractive and relevant to all parents of new-borns
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Relevant for all parents while emphasizing the dangers of shaking a baby
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Clear, memorable, and meaningful with a positive message
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Presented at a grade 3 language level
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Representative of multicultural and ethnic backgrounds
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Acceptable to public health nurses; no bottles or blankets
Studies on the suitability of the PPC program have been conducted for Australia. See our Educational Materials page.