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  • Deb Getz

Deb Getz

Associate Clinical Professor, Applied Health Science, School of Public Health

Phone:
(812) 855-9072
Email:
dgetz@iu.edu
Campus:
IU Bloomington

Projects

Project abstract

The number of identified youth across Indiana who are exploited has increased significantly over the last few years. In order to prevent, and respond to, this exploitation, the Community Engagement to End Child Sexual Exploitation (CEECSE) project will work with communities to build multidisciplinary alliances, assess current resources, develop action plans, and engage intentionally to address their specific community needs in Brown, Greene, and Putnam counties. This project addresses two challenges: 1) matching the variety of educational materials or trainings needed by different stakeholders with existing resources as well as 2) identifying needs that will require additional resources or future development. We seek to utilize the project team’s expertise to convene local, state, regional, and national resources to build coordinated, well-informed and equipped local teams in these rural communities.

Community partners

  • Purdue Extension
  • 4-H Youth Development
  • Indiana Coalition to End Human Trafficking and Sexual Assault
  • Indiana State Police
  • Indiana Youth Services Association

Campus partners

  • School of Public Health, Department of Applied Health Science
  • Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Center for the Study of Global Change

Student partners

CEECSE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT MANAGER

  • Rohan Crawley, Organizational Behavior and Huma Resources
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
  • Kiano Brodie, Youth Development
  • Ryli Hockensmith, Research Assistant, Epidemiology and Community Health
  • TiAura Jackson, Research Assistant, Epidemiology and Community Health
  • Diavian Miller, Community Health

Counties involved

Brown, Greene, Putnam

Project abstract

This working group is comprised of an interdisciplinary staff and faculty campus coalition that partners with the Community Engagement to End Child Exploitation project. This group looks to develop a multi-disciplinary, holistic approach that enhances community engagement and continues to build multi-disciplinary opportunities including practicums, internships, interprofessional practice education, Trafficking Project Echo, online modules, data sets, and intersession courses.

Community partners

The group consists of staff and faculty from the School of Public Health, Hamilton Lugar School, IU Police Department, Criminal Justice, College of Arts + Sciences; School of Nursing; School of Social Work, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs; Maurer School of Law; Sociology, IU Southeast; and the Interprofessional Practice and Education Center.

Project abstract

Through the Sustaining Hoosier Communities (SHC) program three of my classes have partnered with youth leaders to develop and deliver a variety of tools designed to support positive youth development in three SHC counties. Throughout these engagements over 330 students have engaged in practical application specific to the learning goals for two courses: F150 Introduction to Lifespan Development and F180 Survey of Practice with Youth and Families

Fall 2017 - Lawrence County Community Garden - 150 Lesson Plans, Marketing Plans, and Fund-Raising Plans each customized to a specific age group with measurable learning outcomes

Spring 2019 - Greene County Community Garden - 33 Lesson Plans for youth engagement in the garden, directed toward four periods of development, with measurable learning outcomes

Fall 2019 - 100 Lesson Plans to support the topics as identified by the Greene County Youth Council

Community partners

  • Rachel Beyer, Lawrence County Extension

  • Karen DuBois, Lawrence County Extension

  • Barry Jeskewich: Director, Parks and Recreation

  • Dessica Albertson, HandUp OC

  • Malea Huffman, Greene County Extension

Counties involved

Orange, Lawrence, Greene

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