NSVRC Blogs by Jennifer Grove

Director’s Viewpoint: Sexual Violence and Sexual Health Outside the Gender Binary

January 14, 2025 Jennifer Grove

NSVRC Director Jennifer Grove discusses the lasting importance of the theme for this year’s edition of The Resource, “Sexual Violence and Sexual Health Outside the Gender Binary.”

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Parenting During a Pandemic

April 12, 2020 Jennifer Grove

Even during social isolation, it takes a village to raise a child. Here are some resources on parenting in the time of COVID-19.

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New CDC Resource Takes Prevention to the Next Level

September 9, 2019 Jennifer Grove

This new resource includes info about community-level prevention and the social determinants of health.

New from CDC: Violence Prevention in Practice

November 26, 2018 Jennifer Grove

Learn about CDC’s latest resource, created to assist communities in their efforts to plan, implement, and evaluate sexual violence prevention strategies.

Earlier this year, the American Journal of Preventative Medicine released research on the cost of rape. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) study, “Lifetime Economic Burden of Rape Among U.S. Adults”, takes into account the criminal justice costs, property loss or damage, lost work productivity, and short-and long-term physical and mental health treatment for victims. […]

Innovations in Evaluation

March 9, 2017 Jennifer Grove

The NSVRC is pleased to announce the release of a new report, Innovations in Evaluation: A Report on Evaluation in the Field of Sexual Violence Prevention. This report, authored by Stephanie M. Townsend, PhD, highlights six state- and local-level approaches to evaluation and explores organizational and individual factors of evaluation capacity. It offers a glimpse […]

Making the Connection

August 14, 2012 Jennifer Grove

I recently had the opportunity to take part in a training with our partner organization, the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN). We traveled to the Western region of the US and provided guidance to communities on developing a sexual assault forensic exam protocol. I’ve done this on previous occasions, and it is always a […]