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ArticleInjury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention2020

State-level teen dating violence education laws and teen dating violence victimisation in the USA: a cross-sectional analysis of 36 states.

Karisa K Harland, J Priyanka Vakkalanka, Corinne Peek-Asa, Audrey F Saftlas

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Article in Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karisa K HarlandEmergency Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA kari-harland@uiowa.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9482-8447
J Priyanka VakkalankaEmergency Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Corinne Peek-AsaOccupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Audrey F SaftlasEpidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
University of Iowa · US

Funding

University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research CenterR49CE002108 · CE · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI PEEK-ASA, CORINNE · 2012 to 2019
$5.9M
The University of Iowa Prevention Research CenterR49CE001167 · CE · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI PEEK-ASA, CORINNE · 2007 to 2011
$4.6M
NCIPC CDC HHS R49 CE001167NCIPC CDC HHS R49 CE002108
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundApproximately 10% of teens report experiencing sexual dating violence (SDV) or physical dating violence (PDV), collectively represented as teen dating violence (TDV). This study examines the association between laws incorporating TDV education in schools on TDV prevalence.

methodsTDV prevalence was estimated using data contributed by 36 states that participated in the 2015 Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance Survey (YRBS). Presence of TDV laws was determined using Westlaw, a legal search engine. The adjusted odds of TDV victimisation was estimated by the presence or absence of a state law and length of time the law was in effect using hierarchical regression modelling, clustering on state, controlling for individual-level and state-level covariates and incorporating the YRBS-weighted survey design.

resultsAfter controlling for individual-level and state-level covariates, the presence of a law was not associated with TDV (adjusted OR (aOR) 0.97; 95% CI 0.88 to 1.06), PDV (aOR 1.12; 95% CI 0.95 to 1.33) or SDV (aOR 0.99; 95% CI 0.91 to 1.08). These odds did not differ across the length of time the policies were in effect.

conclusionsThis study suggest that just the presence of a law incorporating TDV education in schools is not associated with reduced TDV victimisation but further research is needed to understand the association of the content of these laws and their implementation on TDV victimisation.

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adolescentcross sectional studypolicy analysisviolence

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PMID32299839
PMCPMC8080304
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