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040 _aAFVC
100 _aSchneider, Madeline
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245 _aComprehensive sexuality education as a primary prevention strategy for sexual violence perpetration
_cMadeline Scheider and Jennifer S. Hirsch
260 _bSage,
_c2018
500 _aTrauma, Violence & Abuse, 2018, Advance online publication, 2 May 2018
520 _aSexual violence (SV) represents a serious public health problem with high rates and numerous health consequences. Current primary prevention strategies to reduce SV perpetration have been shown to be largely ineffective—not surprisingly, since as others have pointed out current prevention largely fails to draw on existing knowledge about the characteristics of effective prevention. In this article, we examine the potential of K–12 comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), guided by the National Sexuality Education Standards (NSES), to be an effective strategy. Our discussion uses socioecological and feminist theories as a guide, examines the extent to which NSES-guided CSE could both meet the qualities of effective prevention programs and mitigate the risk factors that are most implicated in perpetration behavior, and considers the potential limitations of this approach. We suggest that sequential, K–12 program has potential to prevent the emergence of risk factors associated with SV perpetration by starting prevention early on in the life course. CSE has not yet been evaluated with SV perpetration behavior as an outcome, and this article synthesizes what is known about drivers of SV perpetration and the potential impacts of CSE to argue for the importance of future research in this area. The primary recommendation is for longitudinal research to examine the impact of CSE on SV perpetration as well as on other sexual and reproductive health outcomes. (Authors' abstract). Record #5832
650 4 _aSEXUAL VIOLENCE
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650 _aADOLESCENTS
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650 _aCHILDREN
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650 _aSCHOOLS
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650 0 _aSEXUALITY EDUCATION
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650 0 _aYOUNG PEOPLE
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651 4 _aUNITED STATES
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700 _aHirsch, Jennifer S.
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773 0 _tTrauma, Violence & Abuse, 2018, Advance online publication, 2 May 2018
830 _aTrauma, Violence & Abuse
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856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1177%2F1524838018772855
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