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040 _aAFVC
100 _aMakleff, Shelly
_98821
245 _aPreventing intimate partner violence among young people :
_ba qualitative study examining the role of comprehensive sexuality education
_cShelly Makleff, Jovita Garduño, Rosa Icela Zavala Florencia Barindelli, Jimena Valades, Marissa Billowitz, Vanessa Ivon Silva Márquez and Cicely Marston
260 _bSpringer,
_c2019
500 _aSexuality Research and Social Policy, 2019, Advance publication online, 26 April 2019
520 _aComprehensive sexuality education may help prevent intimate partner violence, but few evaluations of sexuality education courses have measured this. Here we explore how such a course that encourages critical reflection about gendered social norms might help prevent partner violence among young people in Mexico. We conducted a longitudinal quasi-experimental study at a state-run technical secondary school in Mexico City, with data collection including in-depth interviews and focus groups with students, teachers, and health educators. We found that the course supported both prevention of and response to partner violence among young people. The data suggest the course promoted critical reflection that appeared to lead to changes in beliefs, intentions, and behaviors related to gender, sexuality, and violence. We identify four elements of the course that seem crucial to preventing partner violence. First, encouraging participants’ reflection about romantic relationships, which helped them question whether jealousy and possessive behaviors are signs of love; second, helping them develop skills to communicate about sexuality, inequitable relationships, and reproductive health; third, encouraging care-seeking behavior; and fourth, addressing norms around gender and sexuality, for example demystifying and decreasing discrimination towards sexually diverse populations. The findings reinforce the importance of schools for violence prevention and have implications for educational policy regarding sexuality education. The results suggest that this promising and relatively short-term intervention should be considered as a school-based strategy to prevent and respond to partner violence. (Authors' abstract). Related resources include a briefing (#6510), policy brief (#6512), fact sheet and blog (see website). Record #6511
650 _aADOLESCENT RELATIONSHIP ABUSE
_93080
650 _aADOLESCENTS
_943
650 _aDATING VIOLENCE
_93263
650 _aEDUCATION
_9218
650 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
_9431
650 _aPRIMARY PREVENTION
_93268
650 0 _aSEXUALITY EDUCATION
_96891
650 _aSCHOOLS
_9515
650 _aYOUNG PEOPLE
_9660
651 _aMEXICO
_93778
700 _aGarduño, Jovita
_98824
700 _aZavala, Rosa Icela
_98823
700 _aBarindelli, Florencia
_98822
700 _aValades, Jimena
_98827
700 _aBillowitz, Marissa
_98828
700 _aMárquez, Vanessa Ivon Silva
_98825
700 _aMarston, Cicely
_98826
773 0 _tSexuality Research and Social Policy, 2019, Advance publication online, 26 April 2019
830 _aSexuality Research and Social Policy
_98829
856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-019-00389-x
856 _uhttps://live-ippfwhr.pantheonsite.io/resource/preventing-intimate-partner-violence-among-young-people-2/
_zAccess the website
942 _2ddc
_cARTICLE