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Circles of Safety

Stop It Now!, USA Football, Center for Violence Prevention

The Center for Violence Prevention (CVPR), Stop It Now!, and USA Football have received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to evaluate Circles of Safety, a child sexual abuse prevention program that teaches adults how to identify and interrupt boundary violating behavior with youth. The evaluate will examine outcomes from the program in community-based youth football leagues.

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Coaching Boys Into Men Program Evaluation

Futures Without Violence

In 2012, Coaching Boys Into Men underwent a rigorous three year evaluation in Sacramento, California funded by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The study found that athletes who participated in the program were significantly more likely to intervene when witnessing abusive or disrespectful behaviors among their peers, and were also more likely to report less abuse perpetration.

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Girls on the Run Program Evaluation

Girls on the Run

Girls on the Run International has evaluated program efficacy since 2002. Several preliminary descriptive and quasi-experimental studies have been conducted since that time—specific information and findings are included in the evaluation reports.

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InSideOut Initiative Evaluation

InSideOut Initiative

This ongoing evaluation is investigating the implementation and overall impact of the InSideOut Initiative. Findings are determining best practices for replicating the Initiative across diverse NFL markets by comparing present implementation and outcomes in Colorado and Texas to ongoing efforts in Minnesota. The evaluation of impact is investigating the degree to which the initiative aligns communities, establishes support, and prepares and empowers. 

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MVP Program Evaluations

MVP Strategies

MVP has been independently evaluated in high school, college, professional and military settings and has been proven to have statistically significant positive changes in participant knowledge, attitude, and behavior. View a list of these reports on this site. 

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Nudge Program White Paper

YMCA

Abstract - Preventing child sexual abuse (CSA) continues to be an emerging field of inquiry. With limited evidence-based practices in the primary prevention of CSA, there remains a Call to Action for new approaches to protect children ("Pillars for Prevention," 2015, p. 2, "Stop it Now!," 2010, p. 4). This paper explores the introduction of libertarian paternalism (LP) theory of nudging human behaviors, with a goal to impact adults in CSA prevention behaviors by the use of visual heuristics images, starting with youth-serving organization (YSO) personnel and beyond in their communities. Although similar approaches in prevention have not yet been applied in protecting children from sexual abuse, a cautious approach to this form of prevention is worth consideration for future study as an innovative way to empower all adults to develop behaviors that prevent CSA.

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Protecting Children From Violence in Sport Report

UNICEF

In recognition of this, the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre commissioned a review of the available empirical research and policy initiatives on this subject. The research resulted in a wealth of information, now published in this report. ‘Protecting Children from Violence in Sport: A review with a focus on industrialized countries’ defines the many aspects of the issue, provides examples of both good and poor practice, and makes suggestions for sport organizations to assist them in their violence prevention work. In particular, the study recommends improvements in:

• Data collection and knowledge generation about violence to children in sport

• Development of structures and systems for eliminating and preventing violence to children in sport

• Education, awareness-raising and training on this subject

• Promotion of ethical guidelines and codes of conduct as part of the prevention system.

It is anticipated that by addressing these gaps, significant improvements will be realized for the promotion and protection of the rights of children in sport.

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Stewards of Children Program Evaluation Outcomes

Darkness to Light

Darkness to Light has a long-standing commitment to assessing the effectiveness of the Stewards of Children® program. There have been four studies that have evaluated the training program. All studies have demonstrated similar positive results. Training participants have consistently demonstrated increased knowledge, improved attitudes and, most importantly, positive change in child-protective behaviors.

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Up2Us Program Evaluation Outcomes

Up2Us

The Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI) conducted an external evaluation of the efficacy of the Up2Us Sports program in New Orleans during the 2015-2016 program year. The evaluation measured the extent to which Up2Us Sports contributes to improved fitness and the development of positive attributes for youth. Data was collected from youth participants in the Up2Us Sports program and a comparison group of youth not involved in Up2Us Sports programming. LPHI found that youth who work with Up2Us Sports coaches improve fitness levels and improve in some high impact attributes when compared with youth not working with Up2Us Sports coaches. LPHI also found that higher Up2Us Sports coach skills resulted in more positive changes for youth.

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