A Sexual Assault Primary Prevention Model with Diverse Urban Youth

@article{Smothers2011ASA,
  title={A Sexual Assault Primary Prevention Model with Diverse Urban Youth},
  author={Melissa Kraemer Smothers and D. Brian Smothers},
  journal={Journal of Child Sexual Abuse},
  year={2011},
  volume={20},
  pages={708 - 727}
}
In this study, a nonprofit community mental health clinic developed a socioecological model of sexual abuse prevention that was implemented in a public school. The goal of the program was to promote and create community change within individuals and the school community by reducing tolerance of sexual violence and sexual harassment. Participants were 5th–12th graders at a school from a Midwest city. Completed measures were obtained from 202 students, and a quasiexperimental time series research… 
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