Personal Ideas of Improvement
Hearing from YOU is detrimental!! The students with first-hand experiences are the ones who can make the biggest change. There have been programs implemented by faculty and staff at KU that aim to prevent sexual assault on campus. Yet there is so much room for improvement! Don't overthink ideas, just submit a rough sketch. We would love to work with you, or if you choose to stay anonymous, we would love ideas that give us something to start working on.
Name and email address are provided in case of questions that arise on prompts that need to be elaborated upon.
If you don't want to provide identifying features, you can put John Doe as your name and your email as Johndoe@gmail.com
SPLASH: A Prevention Program
Just this past year, a prevention program was led by Lucy Napper, Ph.D, and Shannon Kenney, Ph.D. at Brown and Leigh University. The purpose was to clear up misconceptions about the level of drinking most university students engaged in on campus. After that, the students were taught skills to "protect themselves and their friends when out at bars or parties." This could look like making plans to check in with each other a certain number of times a night, or plans to not leave each other's side. The study found that having a place where students could have thoughtful discussions with peers shifted their perspective on drinking. If another perspectives are shifted, then it could start reflecting in the student's actions and behaviors.
Napper, L. E., Kenney, S. R., Wolter, L. C., Johnson, N. L., Orchowski, L. M., Bhuptani, P. H., & Barnett, N. (2024). Assessing the feasibility, acceptability, and initial efficacy of a multiple behavior change intervention addressing alcohol use, sexual risk taking, and bystander intervention. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.24-00009
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more mandatory education for men on how to support other men who have experienced rape/sexual assault. (for context i am a woman) Recently had someone (male) tell me he was sexually assaulted, and felt like he had no one to talk to about this experience, and felt like his friend would think he was weak or that no one would believe him. I think there needs to be more content and education surrounding male victims.