Abstract

Given high rates of sexual violence (SV) perpetrated against college students, campus administrators need to identify and utilize strategies to prevent and reduce the risk of SV before, during, and after violence has occurred. Developments in technology offer easily accessible avenues for colleges to deliver accurate resources to students in real time. The present study describes the iterative development process that engaged campus administrators, rape crisis center advocates, law enforcement, and students in the development of the mobile application (app), uSafeUS®. Unlike other college safety apps, uSafeUS provides primary prevention by facilitating users safe exit from potentially dangerous situations, secondary prevention by enabling the user to secure help when SV occurs, and tertiary prevention that enables users to obtain resources to help themselves or a friend in the aftermath of SV, all in one place.

摘要

鉴于针对大学生的性暴力 (SV) 发生率很高，校园管理人员需要在暴力发生之前、期间和之后确定并利用策略来预防和降低 SV 的风险。技术的发展为大学提供了便捷的途径，可以实时向学生提供准确的资源。本研究描述了让校园管理员、强奸危机中心倡导者、执法部门和学生参与开发移动应用程序 (app) uSafeUS® 的迭代开发过程。与其他大学安全应用程序不同，uSafeUS 通过帮助用户安全退出潜在危险情况来提供一级预防，通过使用户在 SV 发生时获得帮助来提供二级预防，