Health Determinants & Strategies to Combat Sexual Violence Issues

This report outlines a strategic approach to addressing sexual violence by examining key health determinants across structural, environmental, cultural, individual, and health service levels. It identifies three priority issues: inappropriate surveillance, ineffective security, and inefficient crime detection. For each issue, the report proposes specific objectives and strategies, including increasing police presence, enhancing community awareness, promoting self-defense education, improving mental health support, and implementing stricter legal measures. The strategies aim to tackle environmental risks, challenge orthodox thought processes, empower individuals, and ensure timely and effective medical assistance for victims, referencing relevant research to support the proposed interventions.

Health Determinants and Strategy
DETERMINANTS Structural Environmental Cultural Individual Health Services
Priority 1
(Name the issue
here)
Inappropriate
surveillance
measures in
public places
Vulnerable
environment for
increased sexual
violence
Orthodox
thought process
Unethical
thought process
at individual level
Inadequate
medical aid
availability for
victims
STRATEGIES To incorporate
effective
surveillance
measures
Educate and
spread
awareness
Community
programs to
enhance
effective
awareness
Improve
personal skills
Adopt measures
to dispense quick
medical
assistance
Objective 1
(Name the
objective here)
1.1. Increase
police patrolling
at odd hours such
as early morning
and late night
1.2. Installing
tight security
near public places
1.3. Increasing
security in female
dominated
residential areas
2.1. Install
informative
posters
2.2. Distribute
informative
brochures
2.3. Educate
public through
informative
sessions
3.1. create
awareness
platform
3.2. Launch
awareness
campaigns
3.3. spread
awareness
through
informative
street play
4.1. Compulsory
inclusion of self-
defence
strategies as a
part of school
and college
curriculum
4.2. awareness
workshops to
report crime
4.3. Increasing
access to seek
5.1. Quick
medical
examination to
detect rape
5.2. Prioritizing
patient risk
issues
5.3. Effectively
provide medical
assistance
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Health Determinants and Strategy
DETERMINANTS Structural Environmental Cultural Individual Health Services
Priority 2
(Name the issue
here)
Enhance effective
security
Tackle safety
threatening
environment
Include
awareness about
consent and non-
consent
Include self-
awareness
campaigns
Enhance mental
health support
services for
victims
STRATEGIES Strict laws to
punish offenders
including capital
punishment
(Gangoli,2016)
Ensure positive
environment
through
stringent
monitoring of
crimes
Stringent
inclusion of
awareness
strategies at
community level
Dispense
personal help
strategies
Include mental
health services
Objective 2
(Name the
objective here)
1.1. Immediate
arresting of the
offender
1.2.Strict legal
action
1.3. Speed up
legal procedure
2.1.Statistical
analysis to detect
prevalence of
crimes
2.2. Identifying
risk areas
2.3. ensuring
tight security by
police forces
3.1. Empowering
women about
rape and sexual
violence
3.2.Empowering
through
knowledge about
post marital rape
(Ignatius,2013)
3.3.Empower
women about
4.1. Strategies to
enhance self-
defence
4.2.Heplines that
could offer
support
4.3.Employemen
t opportunities
for victims
5.1. Counselling
program
5.2.
Collaboration
with online
psychological
help
5.3.Therapies to
reduce post
traumatic stress
and suicidal
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Health Determinants and Strategy
DETERMINANTS Structural Environmental Cultural Individual Health Services
Priority 3
(Name the issue
here)
Inefficient crime
detecting
surveillance
measures
Unsafe
environment
prone to cause
sexual violence
Conservative
mind-set
Harbouring
advantage
seeking thought
process
Reduced medical
assistance
schemes
STRATEGIES Incorporate
security devices
Include
awareness
strategies at
elementary level
Ensure social
support
Focus on
individual action
Focus on
enhancing health
strategies
Objective 3
(Name the
objective here)
1.1. Installation of
CCTV cameras at
public places
1.2. Imposing a
ban on vehicles
with tinted glass
1.3. Installation of
security devices
in schools,
colleges and
public buildings
2.1. Spread
awareness
through
communication
media
2.2. Spread
awareness
through print
media
2.3. Spread
awareness at
individual level
3.1. Establish
support
community
3.2. Establish
rehabilitation
centres
3.3.Ensure
effective
counselling
strategies
4.1. Spread self-
awareness
4.2. Spread
awareness to
modify revealing
dressing style
4.3. Spread
awareness about
using self
defence
elements such as
pepper spray
5.1.Provide
immediate first
aid
5.2.Provide
medical
assistance free of
cost
5.3.Address
emergency at the
earliest without
any delay
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References:
• Gangoli, G. (2016). Indian feminisms: Law, patriarchies and
violence in India. Routledge, pp. 75-79
• Ignatius, A. (2013). Sexual Violence In India. The International
Journal Of Indian.
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