Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Supporting safe and healthy relationship choices: a peer education approach
Other Titles:	Women against violence : an Australian feminist journal
Authors:	Hoffman, Sonia Rawsthorne, Margot
Keywords:	Prevention;Peer education
Year:	2010
Publisher:	CASA House (Centre Against Sexual Assault)
Citation:	(22), 2010
Notes:	Adolescence is a critical time for the development of attitudes and skills that underpin healthy relationships for young women. It is a time when many young women begin to form intimate relationships as well as being a time of increased risk of interpersonal violence. This paper explores a prevention program based on peer education developed and implemented by a feminist women's health centre in South Western Sydney. The five session program with Year 9 young women has been implemented in schools. The findings from pre and post questionnaires identify statistically significant shifts in knowledge and attitudes towards domestic violence as well as pointing to specific issues requiring further activism and education. The paper argues for the usefulness of peer education in assisting young women develop, equal, safe and healthy relationships into the future. [?2010 CASA Publications. All rights reserved. For further information, visit Women Against Violence Journal.]
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12673
ISSN:	1327-5550
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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