rlevtov.bsky.social
@rlevtov.bsky.social
A few weeks ago I had the privilege to collaborate with the amazing Lindsay Stark, Ilana Seff, Chen Reiss, and Julianne Deitch to highlight the impact of the US funding cuts on the field of violence against women and children.
📉US funding cuts threaten progress on ending VAW/C.

👉In The Lancet, Lindsay Stark, Chen Reis, Ilana Seff, Ruti Levtov (Prevention Collaborative), & Julianne Deitch outline the effects & urge governments to reinvest: https://cutt.ly/jrUJfiRp

#ProgrammingWell
@chenr.bsky.social 
@rlevtov.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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📉US funding cuts threaten progress on ending VAW/C.

👉In The Lancet, Lindsay Stark, Chen Reis, Ilana Seff, Ruti Levtov (Prevention Collaborative), & Julianne Deitch outline the effects & urge governments to reinvest: https://cutt.ly/jrUJfiRp

#ProgrammingWell
@chenr.bsky.social 
@rlevtov.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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🫵 Have you registered for our upcoming webinar on #edutainment as an emerging #preventionstrategy?

Together with RAES and Soul City, we will:
📌 Share findings from a new evidence review 
📌 Reflect on lessons from real-world programmes

🔗 Register now: https://cutt.ly/9rWvx96N
June 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
❌ Fiction!

Edutainment is much more than just entertainment. It uses stories to shift attitudes, improve knowledge, and encourage positive behaviour. Evidence shows it can even reduce violence and change harmful norms when done well.

Learn more 🔗 cutt.ly/Irb7FOsZ
#FactOrFiction? 🤔 
Edutainment is just entertainment—it is very difficult to bring about real change in attitude and behaviour through edutainment.
What do you think? Is it a fact or a fiction? Comment below
June 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
❌ Fiction!

Edutainment is much more than just entertainment. It uses stories to shift attitudes, improve knowledge, and encourage positive behaviour. Evidence shows it can even reduce violence and change harmful norms when done well.

Learn more 🔗 cutt.ly/Irb7FOsZ
June 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
✅ FACT!
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Pairing #Edutainment with direct community engagement — like listener/viewer groups, facilitated discussions, call-in radio shows, or community mobilisation — shows how others may be shifting opinions and behaviours, enhancing its overall impact.🤝

Learn more 🔗 cutt.ly/Irb7FOsZ
#FactOrFiction? 🤔 
Edutainment reaches more people and changes behaviours more effectively when combined with community engagement.
What do you think? Is it a fact or a fiction? Comment below 👇
June 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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#CollaborativeQ&A This is an interesting new review on the particular value of group based programmes to strengthen parental and caregiver mental health: cutt.ly/ZreZbizg
Group-Based Parenting Programs for Improving Parenting and Psychosocial Functioning: A Systematic Review | Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research: Vol 4, No 4
Parental psychosocial health can have a significant effect on the later psychological health of the child. Parenting programs have been shown to have an effect on the emotional and behavioral adjustme...
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February 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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📍 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐨𝐰!

Do you have questions from our recent #EvidenceReview on “Improving the #MentalHealth of Parents and Caregivers as a Strategy to Prevent Family Violence”?

@erinstern.bsky.social is live on Bluesky now to answer all your questions.
February 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Our latest evidence review by
@erinstern.bsky.social  considers the intersections of IPV and child maltreatment, including how mothers’ use of violence against their children needs to be understood within the context of their experiences of IPV. 
Read more ➡️https://cutt.ly/ve5reg8g
February 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM