Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Language

English

Publication Date

10-1-2019

Journal

American Journal of Public Health

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2019.305218

PMID

31415194

PMCID

PMC6727296

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

January 2019

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-print

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.

Keywords

Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Child, Crime Victims, Ethnicity, Health Promotion, Humans, Intimate Partner Violence, Program Evaluation, School Health Services, Texas, Urban Population

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