RCT testing bystander effectiveness to reduce violence

Coker, Ann L.

RCT testing bystander effectiveness to reduce violence Ann L. Coker, Heather M. Bush , Patricia G. Cook-Craig , Sarah A. DeGue , Emily R. Clear, Candace J. Brancato, Bonnie S. Fisher, Eileen A. Recktenwald - American College of Preventive Medicine, 2017 - American Journal of Preventive Medicine .

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2017, In press. (Open access)

Bystander-based programs have shown promise to reduce interpersonal violence at colleges, yet limited rigorous evaluations have addressed bystander intervention effectiveness in high schools. This study evaluated the Green Dot bystander intervention to reduce sexual violence and related forms of interpersonal violence in 26 high schools over 5 years in Kentucky high schools. (From the abstract). More information about teen dating violence is available on the CDC website - follow the link. Record #5336


SEXUAL VIOLENCE
ADOLESCENT RELATIONSHIP ABUSE
ADOLESCENTS
DATING VIOLENCE
EVALUATION
INTERVENTION
RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS
SCHOOLS
YOUNG PEOPLE


UNITED STATES