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How We Developed the Evidence Based Program
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Developed by Dr. Laura Salazar, a behavioral scientist with PhD in community psychology with a 20-year record of developing rigorously tested public health programs.
- Based on proven behavioral change techniques coupled with a social norms approach
- Program content validated with students
- Integrated multiple experts from public health, social services, web design and marketing
- Funded by CDC and NIH, randomized, controlled trials with 1500 students tested showed significant reduction in sexual violence
The Final Program
- Online program that can be done on a computer, tablet or a phone
- Engaging and relevant content that talks to today's students
- Interactive learning modules that don't just tell, they show, with scripted dramatizations of real-life scenarios college students face
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The Clinical Findings
Funded by CDC and NIH, randomized, controlled trials with 1500 students tested showed significant reduction in sexual violence
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Six months after watching the RealConsent® program, participants:
- Among college men, demonstrated higher levels of knowledge about consent for sex versus control group
- Among college men, significantly reduced sexual violence perpetration versus control group
- Among college women who experienced sexual assault, significantly reduced frequency of sexual violence victimization occurrences versus control group
- Among college men and women, reported significantly more pro-social intervening behaviors to stop violence versus control group
Supported by Solid Research
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Program Development Research
Laura F. Salazar, Alana Vivolo-Kantor & Kira McGroarty-Koon (2017)
Formative Research With College Men to Inform Content and Messages for a Web-Based Sexual Violence Prevention Program, Health Communication, 32:9, 1133-1141, DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2016.1214219
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CDC Randomized Controlled Trial--Males
Salazar LF, Vivolo-Kantor A, Hardin J, Berkowitz A (2014)
A Web-Based Sexual Violence Bystander Intervention for Male College Students: Randomized Controlled Trial
J Med Internet Res 2014;16(9):e203, URL: https://www.jmir.org/2014/9/e203, DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3426
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Theoretical Mediators of Real Consent
Laura F. Salazar, PhD, Alana Vivolo-Kantor, PhD, and Anne Marie Schipani-McLaughlin, PhD (2019)
Theoretical Mediators of RealConsent: A Web-Based Sexual Violence Prevention and Bystander Education Program
Health Education & Behavior , Vol. 46(1) 79–88 DOI: 10.1177/1090198118779126