Consortium to Evaluate a Novel Violence Prevention Program on College Campuses

描述（由申请人提供）：高达25%的女性可能在大学期间受到性侵犯，三分之一的大学生经历过约会伴侣的身体侵犯。虽然大多数学生既不参与也不宽恕暴力，但许多人对可能默许暴力的校园文化作出被动反应，暴力媒体形象、轻视暴力侵害妇女行为的笑话和性骚扰就是证明。越来越多的人意识到，校园社区的所有成员都可以在结束约会和性暴力（DV/SV）方面发挥重要作用，这导致了对大学生的暴力预防干预措施的增加。然而，很少有这些方案进行了实证评估。干预研究进展的一个重大障碍是在多个地点实施和评估干预所需的基础设施。对于这个项目，干预将是绿色点， 一项创新的初级预防干预措施，以减少大学生中的DV/SV，这是在肯塔基州大学开发的。干预包括一个小时的说服性演讲，然后是一个六到六小时的旁观者干预培训，称为学生教育和赋权发展安全（种子）。此外，我们正在创建助推器会议，将提供给所有学生谁已经完成了种子培训，以协助额外的技能建设，可能需要。作为一个发展项目，拟议的研究将包括三个阶段：1）试点工作，以创建调查模块，产生一个问卷，其中包含的措施，是标准化的校园，以评估干预的有效性，是一个可管理的长度; 2）在英国的数据收集，简化数据收集程序时，其他高校带来的; 3）增设实施控制学院站点。肯塔基州大学将作为多中心评价的协调中心，并将继续作为试验中心或数据收集和研究方法的完善。南卡罗来纳州大学已同意作为实施地点，辛辛那提大学已同意作为控制地点。我们将再招募8所学院（4所控制学院和4所干预学院 项目期间）。通过从R21开始进行开发工作并开始解决问题，我们可以帮助确保后续项目的成功。如果绿色点被确定为在多个校园有效地防止暴力和不良学术的相关后遗症，以及身体和心理健康的结果，经历了这么多的大学生，那么这项研究的潜在影响确实是开创性的。此外，从建立一个多地点的公共卫生干预试验中吸取的经验教训，一个协调中心负责通过在线调查收集所有数据，对其他健康问题的研究有影响。 公共卫生相关性：预防大学生约会和性暴力是公共卫生的优先事项，由于不良的学术和身心健康后果。这项研究将创建一个大的，多站点的暴力预防干预，绿色点，这将产生革命性的影响，如果绿色点最终确定是有效地防止跨多个校园的暴力评估的基础。此外，从建立一个多地点的公共卫生干预试验中吸取的经验教训，一个协调中心负责通过在线调查收集所有数据，对其他健康问题的研究有影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Up to 25% of women may be sexually assaulted during college, and one-third of college students have experienced physical aggression from dating partners. While most students neither participate in nor condone violence, many respond passively to a campus culture that may tacitly support violence, as evidenced by violent media images, jokes trivializing violence against women, and sexual harassment. Growing awareness that all members of the campus community can play a significant role in ending dating and sexual violence (DV/SV) has led to an increase in violence prevention interventions for college students. However, very few of these programs have been empirically evaluated. A significant barrier to progress in intervention research is the infrastructure required to implement and evaluate interventions across multiple sites. For this project, the intervention will be Green Dot, an innovative primary prevention intervention to reduce DV/SV among college students, which was developed at the University of Kentucky. The intervention consists of one-hour persuasive speeches, followed by a six to either hour bystander intervention training called Students Educating and Empowering to Develop Safety (SEEDS). In addition, we are creating booster sessions that will be provided to all students who have completed SEEDS training to assist with additional skills-building that may be required. As a developmental project, the proposed research will consist of three phases: 1) pilot work to create survey modules, resulting in a questionnaire that contains measures which are standardized across campuses to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention and is a manageable length; 2) data collection at UK to streamline data collection procedures when other colleges are brought on; and 3) recruitment of additional implementation and control college sites. The University of Kentucky will operate as the coordinating center for the multi-site evaluation and will continue to serve as the pilot site or data collection and refinement of study methodology. The University of South Carolina has agreed to serve as an implementation site and the University of Cincinnati has agreed to serve as a control site. We will recruit an additional eight colleges (four control and four intervention sites) during the project period. By beginning with this R21 to conduct developmental work and begin problem solving, we can help to ensure the success of subsequent projects. If Green Dot is then determined to be effective across multiple campuses in preventing violence and the associated sequelae of adverse academic, as well as physical and mental health outcomes, experienced by so many college students, then the potential impact of this study is indeed groundbreaking. Additionally, the lessons learned from establishing a multi-site public health intervention trial, with one coordinating center responsible for all data collection via online surveys, has implications for the study of other health issues. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Preventing dating and sexual violence among college students is a public health priority, due to adverse academic and physical and mental health consequences. This study will create the foundation for a large, multi-site evaluation of the violence prevention intervention, Green Dot, which will have a revolutionary impact if Green Dot is ultimately determined to be effective in preventing violence across multiple campuses. Additionally, the lessons learned from establishing a multi-site public health intervention trial, with one coordinating center responsible for all data collection via online surveys, has implications for the study of other health issues.