Family Accepted Project Online (FAPO)
The Family Acceptance Project® (FAP) is a research, education, and intervention initiative that was founded more than 20 years ago to help diverse families learn to support and affirm their SGMY. FAP conducted the first research on SGMY and their families and developed the first family support model to help racially, ethnically, and religiously diverse parents and caregivers learn to support their SGMY to prevent health risks and promote well-being.
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The purpose of the IDEA3 (Internet Delivered Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, Act) project is to determine the effectiveness of an online sexual assault resistance intervention for first-year female college students.
Learn MoreProject LIVE (Love, Inclusivity, Vaues, Education)
The purpose of this project is to prevent sex trafficking among racially and ethnically diverse high school students in Des Moines, Iowa. Researchers and community partners will collaborate with Des Moines Public Schools to deliver the READY to Stand Curriculum™ to high school students and school personnel and evaluate its effectiveness.
Learn MorePromoting Resilient Youth with Strong Hearts and Minds (PRYSHM) Project
The PRYSHM Project seeks to develop and evaluate an online program for LGBTQ+ teens, ages 15 to 18. The program aims to help LGBTQ+ teens feel acceptance and pride in their LGBTQ+ identities, and to empower them to make healthy decisions consistent with their personal values, hopes and goals for the future.
Learn MoreRapid City Family Project (RCFP)
The goal of the Rapid City Family Project is to work closely with community members to create a program that reduces adverse childhood experiences, including child abuse, exposure to domestic violence or community violence, and other upsetting or traumatic experiences. The project is community-led, which means members of the Rapid City area community will play an active role in developing the program and making decisions about how we evaluate the program.
Learn MoreStrong, Thriving and Resilient Men (STAR-M)
Strong, Thriving and Resilient Men (STAR-M) is a research project to better understand sexual assault experiences among sexual minority men in the U.S., including cis and trans men and transmasculine people, to inform affirming prevention and response efforts. Almost half of sexual minority men experience adult sexual assault victimization in their lifetime, and as many as 30% of sexual minority men report lifetime adult sexual assault perpetration. Although rates of victimization and perpetration among sexual minority men are alarmingly high, even when measured over short periods of time, little research has examined risk and protective factors for adult sexual assault victimization or perpetration.
Learn MoreTeen Connection Project (TCP)
The goal of this research project is to evaluate an online, seven session mentoring and skill-building program for TGMY (ages 14-17) called Teen Connection Project (TCP). Each TGMY will be paired with a TGM adult mentor. Mentors and mentees will participate together in each session, which will be facilitated by two of the mentors, who will direct activities and discussion. Group sessions will then be followed by one-on-one mentor-mentee sessions during which TGMY will receive support, advice, and coaching from TGM mentors.
Learn MoreThe Takini (Survivor) Project
The Takini (Survivor in Lakota) Project seeks to understand the factors that support healing and recovery for Native American and/or rural women who have survived domestic violence. The project is a collaboration between UNL researchers (Edwards, Mullet) and USD researchers (Diamond-Welch)
Learn MoreWahwala Iyohlogya Othipi (Peaceful Means)
This project will establish and evaluate an Indigenous-led sexual violence prevention initiative on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The expected impact is to reduce sexual violence among Indigenous persons throughout the U.S., and to provide all Indigenous K-12 youth with the opportunity to receive a culturally adapted version of IMpower by 2050.
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