SynthesisThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2023
Effects of Campus Sexual Assault Prevention Programs on Attitudes and Behaviors Among American College Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Interventions to prevent sexual harassment in universities: an umbrella review of systematic reviews.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Preventing Sexual Violence: A Behavioral Problem Without a Behaviorally Informed Solution.Psychological science in the public interest : a journal of the American Psychological Society · 2024Pooled it
- The IDEABMC women's health · 2026Trial
- Can Virtual Reality be Used for the Prevention of Peer Sexual Harassment in Adolescence? First Evaluation of the Virtual-PRO Program.Psychosocial intervention · 2024Trial
- Pilot trial of THRIVE: A peer-delivered sexual and intimate partner violence prevention program for women in substance use treatment.Journal of traumatic stress · 2026Article
- A Peer Support Specialist-Delivered Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Program for Women in Substance Use Treatment: Protocol for a Single-Arm Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Short-Term Outcomes of a Healthy Relationship Intervention for the Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault in the US Military: Pilot Pretest-Postest Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
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- Value of Rigorous Review and Evaluation to Support Implementation of Effective Sexual Violence Prevention Programming.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2024Article
- Gender-based violence among healthcare students: Prevalence, description and associated factors.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
The US Campus Sexual Assault Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act of 2013 mandates that all higher education institutions receiving federal funds offer incoming students primary prevention and awareness programming addressing sexual violence. Yet, there is no thorough and up-to-date quantitative synthesis of the effects of campus sexual assault prevention programs on sexual assault attitudes/knowledge and behaviors. Thus, we conducted a systematic review of the literature and a meta-analysis of experimental and high-quality quasi-experimental research examining effects of college sexual assault prevention programs on sexual assault attitudes and behaviors. Our synthesis of 385 effect sizes from 80 eligible studies disseminated between 1991 and 2021 indicates campus sexual assault programs have a more pronounced effect on attitudes/knowledge than on violence. Effects on sexual assault victimization were significant but small (g = 0.15) and effects on sexual assault perpetration were nonsignificant. Moderator analyses indicate programs that use a risk reduction framework are associated with less favorable outcomes than programs that do not use a risk reduction framework. Considering the limited effect of campus sexual assault prevention programs on violence, we recommend programming efforts move beyond a focus on individuals and, instead, adopt an ecological perspective targeting individuals, social relationships, community factors, and societal factors.
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