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Open Access 01-12-2021 | Research article

Development of a program to prevent sexual violence among teens in Japan: education using DVD video teaching materials and web-based learning

Authors: Miyuki Nagamatsu, Narumi Ooshige, Nozomi Sonoda, Mika Niina, Ken-ichi Hara

Published in: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine | Issue 1/2021

Abstract

Background

This study aimed to develop an education system using DVD video-based teaching materials or web-based learning to reduce sexual violence among teens in Japan.

Methods

During the first stage, June 2018 to March 2019, an education program using DVD video teaching materials was carried out at three high schools and four universities with research consent from the director of the facility. From 1337 high school students and first- and second-year university students, subjects in their teen years were targeted for analysis. A survey was conducted at baseline and after the DVD video teaching. During the second stage, November 2019 to March 2020, web-based learning using improved video teaching materials was developed and carried out. From the adolescents who participated in the web-based learning, subjects in their teen years were targeted for analysis. A survey was conducted at baseline and after the web-based learning.

Results

In the first stage, 876 students consented to and participated in the education using DVD video teaching materials and baseline and after surveys (collection rate 65.5%). Among these, the number of respondents in their teens both baseline and after education was 705 persons (valid response rate 80.4%). In the second stage, the number of respondents in their teens both baseline and after education was 250 respondents in their teens who received web-based learning using the improved video teaching materials (valid response rate 87.1%). The improvement effect of the two programs was observed in attitudes that lead to physical violence, attitudes that lead to mental violence, attitudes that promote healthy conflict resolution, and dangerous attitudes that lead to sexual violence from persons in the community or through the Internet. The web-based learning program achieved an improvement of preventive attitudes toward sexual violence.

Conclusions

The education program using DVD video teaching materials or web-based learning may help prevent sexual violence among teens in Japan.

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Title: Development of a program to prevent sexual violence among teens in Japan: education using DVD video teaching materials and web-based learning
Authors: Miyuki Nagamatsu
Narumi Ooshige
Nozomi Sonoda
Mika Niina
Ken-ichi Hara
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 1342-078X
Electronic ISSN: 1347-4715
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12199-021-00964-y

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