In the United States (US) sexual violence (SV), an preventative injury, affect approximately 1 in 5 women each year, which is about 19.3% of reported cases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2016). The prevalent of SV against men shown approximately 1 in 15 men are victim to SV, which includes 5.8% experience sexual coercion, 10.8% unwanted sexual contacts, and 13.3% non-contacted for unwanted sex (CDC, 2016). In women, SV is an act that has reported to show sexual involvment of rape and/ or attempted rape, which account for 12.5% sexual coercion, 27.3% unwanted sexual contact, and 32.1% unwanted sexual experience (CDC, 2016). Moreover, …show more content…
STOP stands for social norms, teach, opportunities, protective, and support victims (CDC, 2016). The diffusion of innovation model (DOI) application is used to spread the awareness and education, while implementing strong guidelines to achieve disseminative communication achievable to sustainable reducing SV (CDC, 2016; Glanz, Rimer, & Viswanath, 2008). In the technical package created by CDC, DOI focuses on injury prevention in helping the communities and states to provide best outcome activities to act on SV prevention by embedding network and support services (CDC, 2016). Communication and practical ideas are the key objectives in DOI, which is perceived to spread and adopt SV prevention through strategies and approaches using what is available in the system to tie in the exchanging of information and ideas (CDC, 2016; Glanz, Rimer, & Viswanath, 2015; Glanz et al., 2008). Therefore, the innovative in the intervention study provided ways for boys and men to become supporters against SV (CDC, 2016). While, teaching safe dating strategies to promote healthy sexuality behaviors through empowerment-based trainings to reduce SV incidence in all people (CDC, 2016). The male genders to become fond adopters to help mobilized the action needed to protect against SV which increasing their leadership advocacy opportunities to empower young girls (CDC, 2016). DOI, implementation improve the social environment through safety net building and schools monitoring to establish community support to address innovative risk approaches (CDC, 2016). Moreover, the social support to establish workplace policies to create a safe environment to support victims and potential victims is a main stream of DOI model (CDC, 2016). The DOI is based on dissemination of practical