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Joan E. Kub, PhD APRN, BC, Nina M. Fredland, MSN, RN-CS, FNP, Jessica Roberts, RN, BSN, and Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN. School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, 525 N. Wolfe, Baltimore, MD 21205, 410-955-7763, jkub@son.jhmi.edu
Promoting healthy relationships and preventing dating violence among middle school students is the primary goal of “An Arts Based Initiative for the Prevention of Violence against Women and Girls. This CDC funded demonstration project is focused on 7th graders in four urban middle schools. The intervention includes four components: a theatre group, a classroom curriculum, support groups, and teacher/staff training. This presentation will describe findings from a survey exploring attitudes, and dating violence behaviors of middle school students prior to intervention. In the Fall, 2002, 7th grade students from three schools completed the survey. The sample consisted of 175 youth, ages 11-15. Over half (57.7%) of the respondents were female and almost all (96.5%) were African American. Of the 7th graders who had boyfriends or girlfriends, 3.6 % to 13.5 % experienced some aspect of physical abuse while 4.6% to 18.5% admitted perpetration of physical abuse. Within dating relationships, 11.7% to 25.5% reported experiencing emotional abuse (teasing, name calling, feeling disrespected) while 9.3% to 29.6% admitted perpetrating emotional abuse. Attitudes regarding boy to boy, boy to girl, girl to girl, and girl to boy violence as well as data from 7th grade students in four schools for 2003 will also be presented. Implications for public health nursing practice will be discussed.
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Keywords: Adolescents, Youth Violence
Related Web page: www.son.jhmi.edu/research/violenceprevention/index.html
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.