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Stop Sexual Harassment: A study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial in secondary schools in Norway

BACKGROUND: Sexual- and gendered harassment are normalised in many peer groups, yet their associations with mental health concerns among adolescents are well-established. School based interventions that prevent and reduce sexual and gendered harassment among younger adolescents are scarce. For schoo...

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Autores principales: Slaatten, Hilde, Haugland, Bente Storm Mowatt, Bjørknes, Ragnhild, Fyhn, Tonje, Tveito, Torill Helene, Poteat, V. Paul, Breivik, Kyrre
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9868763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36699896
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1051983
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author Slaatten, Hilde
Haugland, Bente Storm Mowatt
Bjørknes, Ragnhild
Fyhn, Tonje
Tveito, Torill Helene
Poteat, V. Paul
Breivik, Kyrre
author_facet Slaatten, Hilde
Haugland, Bente Storm Mowatt
Bjørknes, Ragnhild
Fyhn, Tonje
Tveito, Torill Helene
Poteat, V. Paul
Breivik, Kyrre
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description BACKGROUND: Sexual- and gendered harassment are normalised in many peer groups, yet their associations with mental health concerns among adolescents are well-established. School based interventions that prevent and reduce sexual and gendered harassment among younger adolescents are scarce. For schools, protecting pupils from harassment may be challenging if the behaviour is trivialised among the pupils themselves. In the current study, the school intervention “Stop Sexual Harassment” was therefore developed to help teachers and pupils detect, address and stop sexual and gendered harassment among pupils ages 13–15 in Norwegian secondary schools. METHODS: In this study the effectiveness of “Stop Sexual Harassment” is evaluated via a cluster randomised controlled trial among pupils and teachers at 38 secondary schools. Schools were randomised into intervention and control groups. Primary outcomes are sexual and gendered harassment victimisation and perpetration, which will be assessed by the administration of questionnaires to pupils and teachers at baseline, and 2-, and 7-months follow-up. A process evaluation of the intervention implementation will be conducted through focus group interviews with pupils and teachers to gain insight about their experiences with the program components and implementation of the intervention. DISCUSSION: If the intervention yields positive effects, large-scale implementation of the program may be offered for secondary schools. The program may thus reduce sexual and gendered harassment among young adolescents. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: clinicaltrial.gov; identifier: NCT04716400.
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spelling pubmed-98687632023-01-24 Stop Sexual Harassment: A study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial in secondary schools in Norway Slaatten, Hilde Haugland, Bente Storm Mowatt Bjørknes, Ragnhild Fyhn, Tonje Tveito, Torill Helene Poteat, V. Paul Breivik, Kyrre Front Public Health Public Health BACKGROUND: Sexual- and gendered harassment are normalised in many peer groups, yet their associations with mental health concerns among adolescents are well-established. School based interventions that prevent and reduce sexual and gendered harassment among younger adolescents are scarce. For schools, protecting pupils from harassment may be challenging if the behaviour is trivialised among the pupils themselves. In the current study, the school intervention “Stop Sexual Harassment” was therefore developed to help teachers and pupils detect, address and stop sexual and gendered harassment among pupils ages 13–15 in Norwegian secondary schools. METHODS: In this study the effectiveness of “Stop Sexual Harassment” is evaluated via a cluster randomised controlled trial among pupils and teachers at 38 secondary schools. Schools were randomised into intervention and control groups. Primary outcomes are sexual and gendered harassment victimisation and perpetration, which will be assessed by the administration of questionnaires to pupils and teachers at baseline, and 2-, and 7-months follow-up. A process evaluation of the intervention implementation will be conducted through focus group interviews with pupils and teachers to gain insight about their experiences with the program components and implementation of the intervention. DISCUSSION: If the intervention yields positive effects, large-scale implementation of the program may be offered for secondary schools. The program may thus reduce sexual and gendered harassment among young adolescents. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: clinicaltrial.gov; identifier: NCT04716400. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9868763/ /pubmed/36699896 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1051983 Text en Copyright © 2023 Slaatten, Haugland, Bjørknes, Fyhn, Tveito, Poteat and Breivik. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Fyhn, Tonje
Tveito, Torill Helene
Poteat, V. Paul
Breivik, Kyrre
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9868763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36699896
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1051983
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