Citation

Foshee VA, Bauman KE, Greene WF, Koch GG, Linder GF, MacDougall JE. Am. J. Public Health 2000; 90(10): 1619-1622.

Affiliation

School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599-7400, USA. vfoshee@sph.unc.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, American Public Health Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11029999

PMCID

PMC1446374

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: An earlier report described desirable 1-month follow-up effects of the Safe Dates program on psychological, physical, and sexual dating violence. Mediators of the program-behavior relationship also were identified. The present report describes the 1-year follow-up effects of the Safe Dates program. METHODS: Fourteen schools were in the randomized experiment. Data were gathered by questionnaires in schools before program activities and 1 year after the program ended. RESULTS: The short-term behavioral effects had disappeared at 1 year, but effects on mediating variables such as dating violence norms, conflict management skills, and awareness of community services for dating violence were maintained. CONCLUSIONS: The findings are considered in the context of why program effects might have decayed and the possible role of boosters for effect maintenance.

Language: en