Fourth R Curriculum
Problems addressed
Interpersonal violence or injuries
Drug abuse
Sexual violence
Effectiveness

No Effect

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No Effect

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Life periods served
Teenagers (14 to 17 years)
Where the program was applied
Education establishment
Country of application
Canada
Description

This is a health promotion program implemented at school, including a module for the prevention of dating violence.
It is developed in 21 group sessions of 75 minutes each with students in the ninth grade. The content is structured in manuals, including lesson plans, audiovisual material, role-play exercises, topics, and leaflets.
The intervention is implemented by a teacher trained in healthy relationships and dating violence. The emphasis is on social skills to promote safer decision-making with an intimate partner.

Impact evaluations

Impact evaluation studies have shown that the program had a small but statistically significant effect on decreasing dating violence and sexual harassment and assault victimization. However, no significant effects were found on sexual harassment/aggression perpetration, peer violence perpetration or victimization, sexual activity, use of psychoactive substances, or prosocial attitudes [1] [2] [3].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Wolfe, D. A., Crooks, C., Jaffe, P., Chiodo, D., Hughes, R., Ellis, W., ... & Donner, A. (2009). A school-based program to prevent adolescent dating violence: A cluster randomized trial. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 163(8), 692-699. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.69

[2] Crooks, C. V., Scott, K., Ellis, W., & Wolfe, D. A. (2011). Impact of a universal school-based violence prevention program on violent delinquency: Distinctive benefits for youth with maltreatment histories. Child Abuse & Neglect, 35(6), 393-400.

[3] Cissner, A. B., & Ayoub, L. H. (2014). Building Healthy Teen Relationships.https://www.innovatingjustice.org/sites/default/files/documents/Buildin…

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