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Media savvy youth challenge rape messages

May 21, 2010

posted in: prevention

The Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs has released another excellent issue of  Connections on the topic Media Savvy Youth: Challenging the Pop Culture Messages that Contribute to Sexual Violence. Articles include: The power of media literacy for girls Dismantling Rape Culture through songs Take action! Writing to editors 25 Positive Hip Hop and Rap Songs

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Lessons learned from reading research

May 7, 2010

posted in: prevention

I wish reading research were a simple process of learning new knowledge. Instead, I have to consider the research question, methodology, strategy to select the sample, recognize the limitations of the research and evaluate the relevance to the practice of sexual violence and domestic violence prevention. And sometimes I cannot understand things like this chart

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Developing the Boys to Men program

March 4, 2010

posted in: prevention

(22 min) In this interview, Jeff Morrill talks about Boys to Men, an educational program in Portland, Maine, focused on supporting the development of adolescent boys into healthy, non-violent men. He describes the origins of the Boys to Men program, the construction of its curriculum, and the ways that it uses bystander intervention training as

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Online Abuse: Study of Risk Factors for Adolescent Girls

December 2, 2009

posted in: prevention

Abuse on the internet is in the news now.  While the topic may be sexting or online predators, how do violence prevention efforts address online risks?  Prevention efforts need to do more than provide warnings.  Not many years ago anti-online abuse campaigns cautioned people not to put their pictures online. As the online environment changes

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Interview with David A. Wolfe

September 22, 2009

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(16 min) In this interview with David A. Wolfe, Ph.D., ABPP, Prevention Connection’s David Lee explores the theory and practice behind Dr. Wolfe’s article, A School-Based Program to Prevent Adolescent Dating Violence: A Cluster Randomized Trial, recently published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Wolfe, D. A., Crooks, C., Jaffe, P., Chiodo, D.,

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Interview with Arlene Weisz and Beverly Black

September 22, 2009

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(12 min) In this interview with Arlene Weisz and Beverly Black, authors of Programs to Reduce Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Assault: Perspectives on What Works (2009), Prevention Connection’s David Lee explores the research behind the book and the prevention programming basics that the book describes. Publisher’s description of the book: Arlene Weisz and Beverly

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