Citation

Exner-Cortens D, Wright A, Hurlock D, Carter R, Krause P, Crooks C. Contemp. Clin. Trials Commun. 2019; 16: e100484.

Affiliation

Faculty of Education and Centre for School Mental Health, Western University, 1137 Western Road, London, ON, N6G 1G7, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.conctc.2019.100484

PMID

31872155

PMCID

PMC6915751

Abstract

Adolescent dating violence (ADV) is a pressing public health problem in North America. Strategies to prevent perpetration are needed, and a substantial body of research demonstrates the importance of applying a gender lens to target root causes of adolescent dating violence as part of effective prevention. To date, however, there has been limited research on how to specifically engage boys in adolescent dating violence prevention. In this short communication, we describe the protocol for a longitudinal, quasi-experimental outcome evaluation of a program called WiseGuyz. WiseGuyz is a community-facilitated, gender-transformative healthy relationships program for mid-adolescent male-identified youth that aims to reduce male-perpetrated dating violence and improve mental and sexual health, by allowing participants to critically examine and deconstruct male gender role expectations. The primary goal of this evaluation is to explore the impact of WiseGuyz on adolescent dating violence outcomes at one-year follow-up among participants, as compared to a risk- and demographically-matched comparison group. Knowledge generated and shared from this project will provide evidence on if and for whom WiseGuyz works, with important implications for adolescent health and well-being.

© 2019 The Author(s).

Language: en

Keywords

ADV, Adolescent dating violence; Adolescent; Gender transformative; Healthy relationships; Male; Violence prevention