Effect of a Community-Based Gender Norms Program on Sexual Violence Perpetration by Adolescent Boys and Young Men: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Engaging adolescent boys and young men in preventing violence against women is a potentially impactful public health strategy.

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of a community-based, gender-transformative program (ie, Manhood 2.0) on perpetration of gender-based violence by adolescent boys and young men.

Design, setting, and participants

In this unblinded cluster randomized clinical trial, neighborhoods were designated as the unit of clustering (1:1 allocation). Three-month (ie, time point 2 [T2]) and 9-month (ie, time point 3 [T3]) follow-ups were conducted. The trial took place in 20 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, neighborhoods and 1 centrally located site with concentrated disadvantage. Pittsburgh-based adolescent boys and young men (ages 13 to 19 years

SUBMITTER: Miller E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7756236 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature