WITH the escalation of incidents of domestic violence, Christine King and members of the Moggill branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association decided they wanted to effect real change and reduce the number of domestic violence attacks.

"We felt that the key word was respect. We felt that why this may have escalated is because the respect between individuals has totally broken down," Ms King said at the QCWA state conference in the Gympie Civic Centre.

"Campaigns have been done by governments about road safety, about liquor, about drugs. There is always a key message out there about these things. We thought why can't we have one on respect for each other?"

Moggill branch's idea is to have the government implement an initiative at preschool level, where children are taught to respect one another, their teachers, their parents and other people in authority from an early age.

"Children would grow up knowing that respect is normal behaviour," Ms King said.

"I'd like to think that we could change the thinking in families. This could be the start that might change a generation's way of thinking," she said.

A recent Federal Government initiative was implemented at the national level and will start at a mid-point in the child's education.

The women intend to lobby governments to implement the initiative right from the start of children's social interaction, at the preschool stage.

They believe adjusting the curriculum to address the issues of domestic violence at an early age will help prevent children following the actions of their parents and continuing the cycle of abuse.

"It came out in August that Respectful Behaviour will be taught in schools as part of the national curriculum," Ms King said.

"We were ahead of our time. We put this motion in place to the association in April. Now they've included it in the national curriculum, we feel like we're halfway there."

For many years, QCWA has provided assistance to families threatened with domestic violence issues, having a direct association with DV Connect, a telephone helpline for people affected.

QCWA has been providing care packages, and assistance to the victims of domestic violence through the help of the helpline.

Issues surrounding domestic violence have been a strong focus of Moggill branch since 2010, when 10 members designed and constructed a quilt which they presented to DV Connect's state office in Brisbane.

The helpline displays the quilt on the wall.

If you, or someone you know is the victim of domestic violence, contact DVConnect on 1800 811 811 for women and 1800 600 636 for men for information and support.