@article{ref1,
title="Richmond Youth Against Violence: A School-Based Program for Urban Adolescents",
journal="American journal of preventive medicine",
year="1996",
author="Farrell, Albert D. and Meyer, Aleta L. and Dahlberg, Linda L.",
volume="12",
number="5, Suppl",
pages="13-21",
abstract="The Richmond Youth Against Violence Project teaches middle-school students in the Richmond Public Schools knowledge, attitudes, and skills for reducing their involvement in violence. These students are primarily African Americans, many of whom come from low-income, single-parent households in neighborhoods with high rates of crime and drug use. The program, &quot;Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways,&quot; employs a developmentally anchored health promotion model. Its goal is to promote peaceful and positive alternative to interpersonal and situational violence, by creating environments that teach and encourage health-enhancing behaviors and intrapersonal attributes and weakening supports for health-compromising behaviors and intrapersonal attributes. The 16-session school-based program was implemented by prevention specialists with sixth graders during the 1994-1995 school year. Students are taught a seven-step problem-solving model. Program implementation staggered to allow an intervention group to participate during the fall semester and a control group to participate during the spring semester. Outcome measures include school data and measures completed by students. There were few significant baseline differences between the intervention and control groups. A high percentage of students, particularly boys, reported exposure to community violence; more than 92% had heard gunshots. Many have also engaged in risk behaviors; 70% of the boys and 44% of the girls reported being in a fight in the preceding 30 days. The impact of the curriculum is being examined. The program has provided valuable lessons about conducting community-based research, particularly designing, implementing, and evaluating prevention programs. (Abstract Adapted from Source: American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 1996. Copyright © 1996 by Elsevier Science)Elementary School StudentGrade 6Late ChildhoodChild ViolenceViolence PreventionPrevention ProgramUrban SchoolUrban YouthSchool BasedVirginiaProgram EffectivenessProgram EvaluationPrevention EducationEducation ProgramHealth PromotionSocial Skills LearningProsocial SkillsChild AttitudesAfrican American ChildAfrican American ViolenceProgram Description03-03<p />",
language="en",
issn="0749-3797",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}