Fostering Community Resilience: Virginia’s Guidelines for the Primary Prevention
of Sexual and
Domestic Violence
The purpose of Fostering Community Resilience: Virginia’s Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence is to assist local communities in creating primary prevention strategies that focus on identifying and dismantling the root causes of sexual and domestic violence. The Guidelines have been built on the foundations of two core concepts: social justice principles and public health models. Social justice and public health have a lot in common. They both seek to address health challenges (i.e., violence) by changing cultural norms, systems, and institutions while understanding that oppression is at the root of inequality and access to health.
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Social Justice Principles
“Social justice is a practice that builds equal economic, political, and social rights and opportunities. Social justice advocates work toward dismantling beliefs, practices, policies, and norms that do not support this view.”
—Karen Morgaine
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Public Health Models
Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. Public health professionals promote healthy lifestyles through education, policy making, and research.