“It is unreasonable to expect that people will change their behavior so easily when so many forces in the social, cultural, and physical environment conspire against change.” 

                                    ~ Institute of Medicine

 

Approach to Change

One of the exciting things about DELTA is we are able to use the social ecological model as a framework for our approach. People’s lives and actions are complex and have many influences. The social ecological model says that our efforts will be most effective if we address individual issues as well as the pressures from relationships, community groups, government systems and social norms. In order to end domestic violence we need to address how all of these levels of influence contribute.