THE MISSION OF DESTINY HOUSE IS DRIVEN BY RECOGNITION OF THE FOLLOWING FACTS:
· 45% of teen girls and 43% of teen boys in Rhode Island report having experienced an incident of abuse in a dating relationship
· In the United States teenagers experience a higher rate of violent victimization than any other age bracket
· 33% of sexual assaults occur when the victims are between the ages of
12 and 17
· Teens 16 to 29 years of age were 3 ½ times more likely to be pushed slapped or kicked by an intimate partner
STATS
· African American account for 1/3 of the intimate partner homicides in this country
And in a national survey done,
· 29% of African American women, and
· 12% of African American men report at least one instance of violence from an intimate partner
RISK FACTORS
· As with other groups; intimate partner violence among African Americans is related to economic factors, and more frequently among couples that have low income
· Alcohol problems are more frequently related to intimate partner violence for African American than for whites or Hispanics
IMPACT OF ABUSE
· Black women who are battered have more physical ailments and mental health issues.
· Black women who are battered are less likely to practice safe sex
IN A SURVEY OF YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN AGES 16-24:
· 2/3 had been pushed, grabbed, threatened or slapped by a person they were dating
· 1/3 had been beaten by a date
· ¼ had been threatened with a gun or knife
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