Appreciating the Complexity of Local Gender-Based Violence Needs Assessments

Some Key Considerations and Tensions in Context

Bibliographic Data

ID6459906
AuthorsAgnes Rieger (0000-0002-5233-4227, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author), Dora N Watkins (0009-0001-5468-9830, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), D Neil Watkins (0000-0001-8218-4920, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Rachel C Garthe (0000-0002-4954-0484, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Year2024
Volume32
Issue1
Pages189-214
Publication date2024-12-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/10778012241303472
PMID39668730
OpenAlexW4405379322
LanguageEN
References cited69

Needs assessments can be a pragmatic method to shape interventions addressing gender-based violence. They are complex endeavors even—or especially—at the local level (e.g., rape crisis centers, domestic violence shelters). Focusing on the US context, we highlight examples of the ways needs assessments can support the gender-based violence movement, and key tensions and considerations within needs assessment practice. We explore decisions that practitioners make when pursuing needs assessments and highlight conceptual and design considerations. We also provide a general discussion of needs assessment approaches. This paper aims to support nascent practitioner and researcher/evaluator work in gender-based violence needs assessments

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