Avanti Adhia

Biographic Data

ID2421065
NAMEAvanti Adhia
GIVEN NAMESAvanti
FAMILY NAMEAdhia
SIGNATUREADHIA A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Washington
ORCID0000-0002-3582-2990
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS18
TOTAL CITATIONS16
WORKS AS AUTHOR18
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Promoting Formative Evaluations and Evaluability Assessments in Research on Domestic Violence Intervention Programs

    Open AccessTara N Richards, Emily M Wright et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2026

    We conducted a formative evaluation and evaluability assessment of a novel approach to domestic violence (DV) intervention in Seattle, Washington: The Domestic Violence Intervention Project (DVIP). The DVIP seeks to address DV through evidence-based DV intervention programming and a multi-agency response. Using document reviews, deidentified case file reviews, focus groups with DVIP team members, and a data review, we examined: (1) the extent to …

  • Crime reductions after enhanced implementation of Washington state's domestic violence protection order firearm relinquishment law

    Open AccessAlice M Ellyson, Julie Kafka et al.ARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice2026References: 72

    Federal law and many state laws prohibit certain individuals who are restrained by Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPO) from possessing or purchasing a firearm. In addition to reducing the risk of harm to individuals protected by these orders, these laws and their implementation may also help improve public safety. This study examined the impact of enhanced implementation of Washington state's law requiring firearm relinquishment by individ…

  • School District Leader Perspectives on Surveying Middle School Youth About Sexual Violence

    Open AccessAvanti Adhia, Ruby Lucas et al.ARTICLEJournal of School Health2025

    BACKGROUND: Schools are important contexts for preventing sexual violence (SV) among adolescents. Evaluating whether programming is effective requires surveying youth about SV experiences. However, school communities often have concerns about asking students, particularly those in middle school, about these experiences. This study sought to understand the types of concerns that school district leaders have related to surveying middle school stude…

  • Disparities in court orders to relinquish firearms in civil domestic violence protection orders

    Open AccessJulie M Kafka, Alice M Ellyson et al.ARTICLECriminology & Public Policy2025References: 13

    Research summary To address firearm‐related harms in the context of domestic violence (DV), federal law prohibits firearm purchase or possession for respondents in qualifying civil domestic violence protection order (DVPO) cases. Washington state further authorizes courts to order a DVPO respondent (i.e., the person who perpetrated DV) to relinquish firearms in their possession while a DVPO is in effect. Despite statutory guidelines about when to…

  • Supporting Sexual Violence Prevention and Response for Student-Athletes

    Open AccessAlice M Ellyson, Anna E Bender et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2025References: 7

    Athletic settings may influence both risk and protective factors for sexual violence (SV) and provide opportunities to advance prevention and response. The goal of this qualitative study was to explore the perspectives of higher education personnel involved in SV prevention and response with college student-athletes. We conducted semistructured interviews with participants at four public universities with National Collegiate Athletic Association …

  • Improving School Environments for Preventing Sexual Violence Among LGBTQ + Youth

    Open AccessAvanti Adhia, Dylan Pugh et al.ARTICLEJournal of School Health2024

    BACKGROUND: Sexual violence (SV) is a serious public health concern, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ+) youth report higher rates than their heterosexual and cisgender peers. This qualitative study aimed to understand LGBTQ+ students' perspectives on how middle and high school environments can better prevent and address SV. METHODS: In partnership with a school-based LGBTQ+ support group in Washington State, w…

  • The Measurement of Intimate Partner Violence Using International Classification of Diseases Diagnostic Codes

    Open AccessRebecca Rebbe, Avanti Adhia et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2023

    Intimate partner violence (IPV) is challenging to measure yet systematic surveillance of IPV is critical to informing public health prevention and response efforts. Administrative medical data provide opportunities for such surveillance, and often use the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). The primary purpose of this systematic review was to document which ICD codes have been used in empirical literature to identify IPV, understand t…

  • Use of immigration status for coercive control in domestic violence protection orders

    Open AccessAisha Alsinai, Max Reygers et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Sociology2023References: 13

    In the context of domestic violence (DV), immigration-related circumstances can be exploited by an abuser to coerce and manipulate their partner. Using an intersectional structural framework, we examine how social structures overlaid with immigration-specific experiences operate to further enhance opportunities for abuse against immigrant women. We conducted a textual analysis to identify how socially constructed systems interact with a victim-su…

  • Firearm restrictions in domestic violence protection orders

    Open AccessAlice M Ellyson, Avanti Adhia et al.ARTICLECriminology & Public Policy2023Cited by: 1References: 6

    Research Summary We quantified the implementation of WA state's domestic violence (DV)‐related firearm prohibitions (RCW9.41.800) by the courts and the Regional Domestic Violence Firearms Enforcement Unit (RDVFEU), a regional approach to compliance promotion. We measured implementation, vetting, compliance, and enforcement of firearm prohibitions before (2014–2016) and after (2018–2020) the RDVFEU was implemented using a 55% random sample of gran…

  • Structural and Sport-related Barriers to Formally Reporting Sexual Violence Among Undergraduate Student-athletes

    Open AccessAvanti Adhia, Alice M Ellyson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2023Cited by: 2References: 5

  • Trends in Secondary School Practices Related to Violence Prevention, 2012‐2018

    Open AccessAvanti Adhia, Julia P Schleimer et al.ARTICLEJournal of School Health2022

    BACKGROUND: Schools are important venues for addressing interpersonal violence among youth. However, it is unclear to what extent school violence prevention practices have been implemented across states and over time. This study examined trends in the percentage of US secondary schools that engaged in practices related to violence prevention (eg, bullying, fighting, dating violence) across 33 states. METHODS: With representative data from 4 waves…

  • Adult Help Seeking Behaviors Following Firearm-Related IPV and Threats to a Child

    Open AccessVivian H Lyons, Avanti Adhia et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2022References: 4

  • Prevalence, age of initiation, and patterns of co-occurrence of digital dating abuse behaviors nationwide

    Open AccessAlice M Ellyson, Avanti Adhia et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2021Cited by: 5References: 30

  • From fathers to peers

    Open AccessJoshua Jeong, Amiya Bhatia et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2021Cited by: 2References: 55

  • Adolescent and Young Women’s Daily Reports of Emotional Context and Episodes of Dating Violence

    Open AccessPamela A Matson, Ty A Ridenour et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2020Cited by: 1References: 3

  • Firearms and Protective Orders in Intimate Partner Homicides

    Open AccessVivian H Lyons, Avanti Adhia et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2020Cited by: 5

  • The Effects Of Violence On Health

    Frederick P Rivara, Frederick Rivara et al.ARTICLEHealth Affairs2019

    Violence in its many forms can affect the health of people who are the targets, those who are the perpetrators, and the communities in which both live. In this article we review the literature on the health consequences of many forms of violence, including child physical and sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, elder abuse, sexual violence, youth violence, and bullying. The biological effects of violence have become increasingly better unders…

  • Sexual Function among Women in Midlife

    Open AccessChristiana von Hippel, Avanti Adhia et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2019