It's Your Game... Keep It Real
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Promising

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Description

This is a school sex education and relationship skills training program aimed at seventh- and eighth-graders. The aim is to delay the onset of sexual activity, encourage healthy relationships, and prevent teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and sexual and intimate partner violence.
The program is applied by teachers or facilitators, both trained, through a 24-session curriculum with online and face-to-face activities in the classroom, as well as activities to do at home that include the participation of parents.
The curriculum covers various topics, such as the characteristics of healthy and toxic relationships, self-regulation skills, setting personal limits and respecting the limits of others, and recognizing social norms.

Impact evaluations

An impact assessment showed a significant reduction in emotional and physical dating violence victimization. However, it did not show a statistically significant effect on the perpetration of those types of violence [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Peskin, M. F., Markham, C. M., Shegog, R., Baumler, E. R., Addy, R. C. & Tortolero, S. R. (2014). Efeitos do jogo It's Your Game. . Mantenha o programa real sobre a violência no namoro em jovens do ensino médio de minorias étnicas: Um ensaio aleatório de grupo. American Journal of Public Health, 104(8), 1471-1477. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.301902

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