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The Multimethod Evaluation of a Curricular Intervention Intended to Reduce Sexual Violence on a College Campus: A Synthesis of Findings and Lessons Learned.
- Source :
- Health Promotion Practice; Mar2023, Vol. 24 Issue 2, p323-331, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Sexual violence is a major problem on college campuses, and innovative solutions are needed. Our university created a semester-long, credit-bearing, academic course as a curricular intervention intended to reduce sexual violence on campus. In this article, we describe the multiple methods used to evaluate the course, including a preāpost online survey with a quasi-experimental design, a qualitative content analysis of student reflection papers, and semistructured interviews with previously enrolled students conducted by a peer interviewer 3 months after course completion. The synthesis of evaluation findings indicated that an academic course has the potential to positively affect campus climate around sexual violence. Furthermore, using multiple methods enabled us to create a theory of change that illustrates how key course components shaped students' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors about sexual violence, thereby ideally generating campus change. Results have been used by various stakeholders for both practice-based and scholarly purposes. We provide lessons learned and implications for practice that are transferable to other multimethod curricular intervention evaluations regardless of topical focus, including the many ways in which using multiple methods added value to the study; the considerable investment of time and resources needed when using multiple methods; the challenges that can arise when integrating findings across methods; the major benefits of having a multidisciplinary research team consisting of faculty and students; and the need to engage in critical reflexivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SEX crime prevention
CURRICULUM evaluation
SCHOOL environment
PSYCHOLOGY of college students
INTERDISCIPLINARY research
RESEARCH methodology
HEALTH occupations students
HUMAN sexuality
STAKEHOLDER analysis
TIME
INTERVIEWING
SURVEYS
UNIVERSITIES & colleges
SEX customs
RESEARCH funding
CONTENT analysis
STUDENT attitudes
REFLEXIVITY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15248399
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Health Promotion Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 161937734
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/15248399211050349