Small moments make big differences to prevent violence. Safe, Stable & Nurturing Relationships and Environments help to achieve health equity.
ICADV is promoting safe, stable, and nurturing relationships and environments because we believe that is one of the most effective strategies available to all of us for eliminating intimate partner violence. These are the small moments that make a big difference to violence prevention.
Research shows that safe, stable and nurturing relationships and environments support optimal child development, have the potential to reduce child abuse and other forms of violence. These are the small moments that make a big difference to violence prevention.
As parents, siblings, colleagues, teachers, mentors, uncles & aunts, godparents, grandparents, partners, kids, supervisors, mentors, business owners, legislators, neighbors, etc, we each have the power and lots of opportunities to increase the goodness that goes on around us.
Safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments provide the necessary conditions to reduce stress and allow for thriving.
These essentials allow young people the mental and physical health and wellness that provide protections that last throughout the lifespan.
A youth mentor community of practice formed to explore connectedness and the impact that safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments have on young people in Indiana.
Safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments provide the necessary conditions to reduce the negative impacts of stress on young people to allow for thriving. These three Essentials for Childhood (CDC, 2014) support young people’s mental and physical health and wellness and provide protections that last throughout the lifespan. What are the necessary ingredients for safe, stable, and nurturing relationships and environments? Using an activity innovated by community partner Building a Thriving Compassionate Community (BTCC), a statewide youth mentor community of practice sent three quilts to five communities in Indiana to ask youth that very question. Download the infographic to see what Indiana youth had to say about what it takes to have safe, stable, and nurturing relationships and environments.
Community Moments Featured Archive! Please click the button below to check out previously featured examples of safe, stable and nurturing environments and relationships in communities across Indiana.
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