SIG EVENT: THE PROMISE AND PERILS OF DIGITAL INTERVENTIONS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT

Digital apps and eHealth interventions show great promise for educating the public about sexual assault, teaching bystanders to effectively intervene and prevent sexual assault, providing therapeutic guidance and support to sexual assault survivors, and connecting the public to needed services. Such approaches are not without their pitfalls, however, and care needs to be taken in the design, dissemination, and implementation of digital services for sexual assault. In this symposium, experts from the University of Southern Denmark, the University of Washington, and CSULB will describe best practices and recent efforts to design and implement digital and eHealth interventions for sexual assault. A series of three presentations will be followed by an interactive discussion about the promise and perils of digital apps and eHealth approaches to sexual assault prevention and intervention. 

Scholarly Intersections Grant 

ALSO SPONSORED BY NOT ALONE AT THE BEACH AND THE DEPARTMENTS OF PSYCHOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES.