Citation

Peskin MF, Markham CM, Shegog R, Baumler ER, Addy RC, Temple JR, Hernandez B, Cuccaro PM, Thiel MA, Gabay EK, Tortolero Emery SR. Am. J. Public Health 2019; ePub(ePub): e1-e10.

Affiliation

At the time of the study, Melissa F. Peskin, Christine M. Markham, Ross Shegog, Elizabeth R. Baumler, Robert C. Addy, Belinda Hernandez, Paula M. Cuccaro, Melanie A. Thiel, Efrat K. Gabay, and Susan R. Tortolero Emery were with the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, Houston. Jeff R. Temple is with the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2019.305218

PMID

31415194

Abstract

Objectives. To test the efficacy of Me & You, a multilevel technology-enhanced adolescent dating violence (DV) intervention, in reducing DV perpetration and victimization among ethnic-minority early adolescent youths. We assessed secondary impact for specific DV types and psychosocial outcomes.Methods. We conducted a group-randomized controlled trial of 10 middle schools from a large urban school district in Southeast Texas in 2014 to 2015. We used multilevel regression modeling; the final analytic sample comprised 709 sixth-grade students followed for 1 year.Results. Among the total sample, odds of DV perpetration were lower among intervention students than among control students (adjusted odds ratio = 0.46; 95% confidence interval = 0.28, 0.74). Odds of DV victimization were not significantly different. There were significant effects on some specific DV types.Conclusions. Me & You is effective in reducing DV perpetration and decreasing some forms of DV victimization in early middle-school ethnic-minority students. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print August 15, 2019: e1-e10. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2019.305218).

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