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pdfDating Matters Capacity Assessment: Local Health Departments Survey
Thank you for participating in the development of the Dating Matters Capacity Assessment. The survey includes
questions on your health department’s functioning, climate for change, prevention knowledge and experience,
partnerships, leadership support, program planning, and likelihood of sustainability. The survey should take about 45
minutes.
Your responses will assist us in revising the assessment for use with grantees who receive funding from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention to implement teen dating violence prevention programs and policies.
Your participation is voluntary and you may refuse to answer any question.
Before getting started, please enter the survey respondent code.
1. How long have you worked at this local health department?
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2. What is your primary role within the local health department?
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3. How long have you worked with youth prevention programs (of any type) at this local
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4. Outside of this local health department, how long have you worked with youth
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5. How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements
about your local health department?
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Staff can take part in the decisions that affect them.
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enough to be able to appreciate their role in that wider
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6. Programs like Dating Matters sometimes experience organizational
challenges. How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following
statements about Dating Matters?
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Staff working on the Dating Matters initiative get along well.
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Matters initiative.
The staff working on the Dating Matters initiative work together
as a team.
The staff working on the Dating Matters initiative are quick to
help one another when needed.
Mutual trust and cooperation is strong among the staff working
on the Dating Matters initiative.
Some staff working on the Dating Matters initiative do not do
their share of the work.
Staff understand their role in implementing the Dating Matters
initiative.
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7. How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements
about the local health department?
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The local health department has a history of participating in
innovative public health initiatives.
Within the local health department, ideas for new approaches
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Staff are encouraged to try new things within the local health
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new processes to be adopted.
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8. Staff members vary in their knowledge about teen dating violence
prevention. How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following
statements? Please think about the administrative division within your local
health department where Dating Matters is located.
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Staff are knowledgeable about the causes of teen dating
violence.
Staff are knowledgeable about evidencebased teen dating
violence prevention.
Staff are experienced in overseeing communitybased
prevention efforts like the Dating Matters initiative.
Staff are encouraged to attend training specific to teen dating
violence prevention.
Staff have the necessary skills to support the Dating Matters
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9. How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the
local health department as a whole?
Select one answer per row.
Our local health department leadership is...
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Able to build consensus within the local health department.
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Able to manage conflict within the local health department.
10. How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements about
the local health department as a whole?
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Our local health department leadership is...
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Knowledgeable about teen dating violence prevention.
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Committed to preventing teen dating violence.
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A strong advocate for the Dating Matters Initiative.
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11. How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements
about the local health department?
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The Dating Matters initiative is consistent with our local health
department’s mission.
There is a common vision in the health department about the
methods needed for preventing teen dating violence.
Most staff members see using evidencebased approaches as an
essential part of our health department’s work.
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12. Please think about the administrative division within your local health
department where Dating Matters is located. How much do you agree or
disagree with each of the following statements?
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My administrative unit has staff who can...
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Explain the benefits of evaluation to schools.
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Work with a local evaluator to develop procedures for collecting
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Work with local evaluator to develop procedures for collecting
implementation data from program staff.
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program.
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13. In the past 12 months, has your local health department done any of the
following to prepare for the Dating Matters initiative?
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Collected or compiled data on the incidence of teen dating violence in your community.
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Collected or compiled data on teen dating violencerelated intervention outcomes in your community.
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14. In the past 12 months, has your local health department done any of the
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15. In the past 12 months, has your local health department done any of the
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Facilitated youthled efforts to prevent teen dating violence.
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In the past 2 years, has your local health department done any of the following?
16a. Conducted an inventory of existing policies related to violence prevention
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17. How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements
about the local health department?
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Our local health department shares ideas or information about
teen dating violence prevention with other organizations.
The local health department is part of a network of organizations
committed to preventing teen dating violence.
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18. How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?
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Organizations across your local public health service area come
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together to discuss teen dating violence prevention.
department.
Agencies have managed to work together in spite of differences
that may arise between them.
19. In the past 12 months, how much has your local health department
collaborated with the following organizations?
Select one answer per row.
Not at All A Little
A Lot
Don't
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K12 Schools
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Local domestic violence agencies
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Rotary, or Lions clubs)
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Dating Matters Capacity Assessment: Local Health Departments Survey
20. Describe any challenges in collaborating with other organizations (e.g., schools or
communitybased organizations) on teen dating violence issues in the past 12 months.
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21. Describe the strengths of your local health department’s collaborative efforts in the
past 12 months.
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22. Please consider the leadership in your local health department. How much
do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?
Select one answer per row.
Strongly
Disagree
Local health department leaders can gain support from elected
or appointed figures when needed.
Local health department leaders can influence laws and policies
that could reduce teen dating violence.
Elected or appointed political figures are aware of the Dating
Matters initiative.
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23. In the past 12 months, has someone from your local health department
done any of the following?
Select one answer per row.
Don't
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No
Advocated for more resources or opportunities for teen dating violence prevention.
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Advocated to influence policies to promote teen dating violence prevention.
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Educated legislators on the need for violence prevention efforts.
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24. How many employees support violence prevention efforts, including employees that
work on the Dating Matters initiative?
Fulltime
Parttime
Dating Matters Capacity Assessment: Local Health Departments Survey
25. Including contracted staff, how many employees currently work on the Dating
Matters initiative?
Fulltime
Parttime
26. How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements
about the Dating Matters initiative?
Select one answer per row.
Strongly
Disagree
There are enough local health department staff members to
implement the Dating Matters initiative.
Frequent staff turnover at the local health department is a
problem that may interfere with implementing the Dating
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Matters initiative.
Our organization has the fiscal resources it needs to implement
the Dating Matters initiative.
Staff time allocated for the Dating Matters initiative is protected
(i.e. staff members are not pulled away to do other work.
Staff members have skills in developing prevention programs
that reflect the service needs and context of the population.
27. In the past fiscal year, has your local health department applied for violence
prevention funds from resources other than the Dating Matters initiative?
Select one answer.
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j Don't know
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28. In the past fiscal year, has your local health department received funding for violence
prevention from sources other than the Dating Matters initiative?
Select one answer.
j Yes
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j Don't know
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Dating Matters Capacity Assessment: Local Health Departments Survey
29. Which of the following statements apply to your local health department, if
any?
Select one answer per row.
The local health department has sufficient local data on the
prevalence of teen dating violence.
Our local health department’s data system is linked with other
relevant government agencies.
There is a systematic approach to gathering data on the
prevalence of dating violence across local agencies.
Data are routinely shared across the public health system.
Yes
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30. How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?
Select one answer per row.
Strongly
Disagree
State leaders exhibit strong and sustained commitment to teen
dating violence prevention.
There is a common vision for teen dating violence prevention
across the leadership spectrum at the State level.
The State has strong leadership advocating for teen dating
violence prevention.
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Dating Matters Capacity Assessment: Local Health Departments Survey
31. How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?
Select one answer per row.
Strongly
Disagree
Other violence prevention efforts supported by our health
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Dating Matters is unlikely to be sustained when the grant ends.
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department have demonstrated sustainability.
Our local health department includes violence prevention efforts
in the annual budget.
Our local health department has at least one staff position
devoted to violence prevention efforts.
Violence prevention is integrated with other healthrelated
prevention programs.
Our local health department is planning for sustainability of
Dating Matters.
Our local health department is looking for other funding
resources to support Dating Matters when the grant ends.
Our local health department is committed to the longterm goals
of Dating Matters.
Dating Matters is part of a longterm collaborative effort with
other agencies to reduce youth violence.
teen dating violence prevention.
32. What factors may hinder sustaining Dating Matters when the grant ends?
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33. What factors may support sustaining Dating Matters when the grant ends?
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