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Evaluation of school-based violence prevention programmes

Evaluation of community-based dating violence prevention

Adolescent physiological and psychological responses to a psychosocial stressor

Cross-cultural studies of verbal deception

 


Dating Violence prevention


With Sandra Byers, I co-coordinated a team charged with the responsibility of evaluating the dating violence prevention initiatives in New Brunswick and then developing a provincial strategy for universal, integrated, sustainable intervention. We developed goals and objectives for dating violence prevention programme evaluation, developed evaluation tools and applied these tools in the evaluation of five targeted implementations. We also conducted focused discussions with adolescents, to learn their priorities in dating violence prevention. We used these data to develop recommendations for a strategic plan for dating violence prevention in New Brunswick.

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Our accomplishments to date included:

  • The creation of a research strategy team of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research (that included members from the NB Department of Education, Health and Wellness, Social Services, the NB Teacher’s Association, L’Association des enseignantes et enseignants francophone du Nouveau Brunswick, and members from Centre Dating Violence and Peaceful Learning Environments research teams).

  • A consultative committee of members of community organizations that delivered dating violence prevention programs in New Brunswick was formed (Making Waves, CAAR, Vague par Vague, Red Cross, FSACC NB, Centre de prevention de la violence familiale de Kent, plus the NB Executive Council Office).

  • A master list of goals and objectives for NB dating violence prevention programs and an evaluation framework were developed and approved by the Strategy team and the Consultative Committee to guide the evaluation and provincial strategy process.

  • Literature reviews and field surveys were conducted in order to compile evaluation tools for measuring goals and objectives. Appropriate evaluation tools were selected for each goal and objective. Where gaps existed, new items were developed.

This research was funded by Atlantic Status of Women Canada.

  • Cameron, C.A., Luft, T., & Byers, E.S.  (2008 April). Contested contentions:  She declares ‘They don’t have anything to worry about’ and he maintains ‘We need to sacrifice our brains.’ Paper presented at Second Bi-Annual Conference, Child & Youth Care in Action: Connecting Across Contexts.  Victoria, BC: University of Victoria.

  • Cameron, C. A., Byers, E. S., Miller, A., McKay, S. L., St. Pierre, M., Glenn, S., & the Provincial Strategy Team for Dating Violence Prevention. (2007 November). Dating violence prevention in New Brunswick. Fredericton, NB: Muriel McQueen Fergusson Family Violence Research Centre.

  • Luft, T., Jenkins M., & Cameron, C.A (2007 June). Adolescent girls’ negotiating dating relationships. Poster presented at Annual Meeting of Canadian  Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON.

  • O'Leary, J., McKay, S.L., Archibald, S., Miller, A., Byers, E.S., & Cameron, C.A. (2006 March). Youth views on dating violence prevention.  Poster presented at Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting.  San Francisco CA.

  • Byers, E.S., Cameron, C.A., Miller, A., & McKay, S. (2005 November). Developing measurable goals and objectives for dating violence prevention programs. Paper presented at Research Day, Muriel McQueen Fergusson Research Centre for Family Violence Research, Fredericton, NB.

  •  O’Leary, J. & Cameron, C.A. (2004). Youth views on dating violence prevention: Interim report for the provincial strategy team on dating violence prevention. Fredericton, NB: Muriel McQueen Fergusson Center for Family Violence Research.

 

 


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