Type:	Report
Title:	Evaluation report : Kinks and Bends what's the go with relationships?
Authors:	Violence Against Women Specialist Unit
Keywords:	Community attitudes;Prevention;Dating violence;Community education;Peer education;Sexual assault;Early intervention
Topic:	Sexual violence
Year:	2004
Publisher:	Violence Against Women Specialist Unit, NSW Attorney General's Dept.
Notes:	"Preventing Sexual Violence an educational program exploring sexual violence in young people's social lives" An educational programme to reduce sexual violence towards young people aged 15 to 18 years was piloted and evaluated at four NSW Central Coast schools in 2003. The community education programme and the video, “Date Rape - What’s That?”, were developed from ideas and art work of young women who participated in workshops based around collage, singing, games and painting. These resulted in a number of art works, a song which was recorded, and an image of a “young woman who knows herself, is empowered and expects respect”. The report evaluates the pilot. It concludes that key messages were remembered after the programme had stopped; it was effective in changing attitudes among young males concerning the acceptability of sexual violence; it was effective in helping males and females to develop strategies to avoid sexual violence; the programme as it exists is better aimed at Year 8 and Year 9 students, and a further programme needs to be developed for senior students; external facilitators are appropriate when the programme is conducted in schools; and schools should make the programme compulsory and integrate it with professional development courses already existing. An aspect of concern was that, following the programme, young people considered that they would be more likely to discuss sexual assault, but remained unlikely to disclose sexual assault to a health professional or doctor.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/19788
ISBN:	9780734728333
Physical description:	38 p.
Appears in Collections:	Reports

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