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“Children at risk”: School based prevention program

October 26, 2009

posted in: Prevention

Often violence against women prevention efforts in schools focus on educating children. Yet, there may be more impact by training teachers to address the issues in their daily interactions with students. In the recent Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, among the several articles about violence prevention programs, one article describes a program

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The Fourth R: Relationships

August 16, 2009

posted in: Prevention

Reading, writing and ‘rithmatic – the three R’s of basic schooling.  And now the fourth  “R”: Relationships.  In Canada, the CAMH Centre for Prevention Science has developed a 21-session health curriculum on healthy relationships that incorporates dating violence prevention.  Last week I posted an abstract on the Prevent-Connect Email Group about the most recent study

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A school-based program to prevent adolescent dating violence

August 10, 2009

posted in: Prevention

Here is an abstract from an article about a recent study from Canada. The curriculum is the 4th R. Once I do a complete reading of this article I will share my thoughts. I am curious about the larger change seen in boys. A school-based program to prevent adolescent dating violence: a cluster randomized trial.

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