From campus to communities: evaluation of the first UK-based bystander programme for the prevention of domestic violence and abuse in general communities.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Violence against women and girls is a public health epidemic. Campus-based research has found bystander programmes show promise as effective primary prevention of sexual violence. However, evidence regarding domestic violence and abuse bystander prevention specifically, and in community settings generally, is still in development. Further, research has predominantly emanated from the US. Examining proof of concept in differing cultural contexts is required. This study evaluates the feasibility and potential for effectiveness of a domestic violence and abuse bystander intervention within UK general communities-Active Bystander Communities. METHODS:Participants recruited opportunistically attended a three-session programme facilitated by experts in the field. Programme feasibility

SUBMITTER: Gainsbury AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7218832 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature