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A school based programme reduced dating violence in adolescents

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.1.4.115

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    Foshee Va, Bauman Ke, Arriaga Xb, Et AL.An evaluation of Safe Dates, an adolescent dating violence prevention program. Am J Public Health1998 Jan;88:45–50.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Question Can a dating violence prevention programme (Safe Dates) prevent and reduce instances of dating violence in adolescents?

    Design

    Randomised controlled trial with follow up 1 month after programme completion.

    Setting

    14 schools in rural North Carolina, USA.

    Participants

    1886 of 2344 students who were enrolled in the eighth or ninth grade in September 1994 completed a baseline questionnaire. 1700 students (90.1%) (mean age 13.8 y, 51% girls, 77% white) completed the follow up questionnaire.

    Intervention

    The 14 schools were stratified by grade and matched on school size. For each matched pair, schools were allocated to the intervention or control group. Students in intervention schools were exposed to school activities and community activities, whereas students in control schools were exposed to community activities only. School activities included a theatre production performed by peers; a curriculum …

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    • Source of funding: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

    • For correspondence: Dr V A Foshee, 310 Rosenau Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599–7400, USA. Phone +1 919 966 6353 (for reprints).