@article{ref1,
title="Implementing dating violence prevention programs with flexibility, fidelity, and sensitivity to diversity: Lessons learned from Expect Respect",
journal="Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma",
year="2010",
author="Kerig, Patricia K. and Volz, Angela R. and Moeddel, Melissa Arnzen and Cuellar, Raven E.",
volume="19",
number="6",
pages="661-680",
abstract="Communities increasingly are recognizing that intimate partner violence is a significant risk to the mental and physical health of adolescents. In response to this concern, a number of manualized adolescent dating violence prevention programs have been developed and disseminated. Although many of these programs have received empirical support, reviews of the dating violence prevention literature reveal a number of shortcomings of these efforts, particularly an absence of attention to issues of diversity. We discuss how the effectiveness of dating violence prevention programs can be enhanced by increasing their attention to issues of diversity among participants, including the dimensions of ethnicity, gender, social class, culture, developmental level, and the unique needs of at-risk youth. Using examples from our own experience in implementing the Expect Respect program, we propose practical strategies to increase the flexibility, creativity, and adaptability of dating violence prevention efforts.<p />",
language="",
issn="1092-6771",
doi="10.1080/10926771.2010.502079",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2010.502079"
}