Authors
Carmen Vives-Cases, María Carmen Davó-Blanes, Rosario Ferrer-Cascales, Belen Sanz-Barbero, Natalia Albaladejo-Blázquez, Miriam Sánchez-San Segundo, Manuel Lillo-Crespo, Nicola Bowes, Sofia Neves, Veronica Mocanu, Elena Mihaela Carausu, Jacek Pyżalski, Maria João Forjaz, Iwona Chmura-Rutkowska, Cristina Pereira Vieira, Consuelo Corradi
Publication date
2019/12
Journal
BMC public health
Volume
19
Pages
1-12
Publisher
BioMed Central
Description
Background
Preventing intimate partner violence or dating violence (DV) among adolescents is a public health priority due to its magnitude and damaging short and long-term consequences for adolescent and adult health. In our study protocol, we complement prior experiences in DV prevention by promoting protective factors (or assets) against gender violence such as communication skills, empathy and problem-solving capability through “Cinema Voice”, a participatory educational intervention based on adolescents’ strengths to tackle DV.
Methods/design
A longitudinal quasi-experimental educational intervention addressed to boys and girls ages 13–17 years, enrolled in secondary education schools in Alicante (Spain), Rome (Italy), Cardiff (UK), Iasi (Romania), Poznan (Poland) and Matosinhos (Portugal). Both process and results evaluations will …
Scholar articles
C Vives-Cases, MC Davó-Blanes, R Ferrer-Cascales… - BMC public health, 2019