"Are we making an impact?": perspectives on providing interpersonal violence prevention education during the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.

Purpose: This study sought to understand violence prevention educators’ experiences conducting prevention education during the COVID-19 pandemic including barriers, challenges, and lessons learned. Methods: For this study, we interviewed 25 violence prevention educators from across the U.S. Qualitat...

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Authors: O’Connor, Julia (Author) ; Yero, Ana Carrazana (Author) ; Cares, Alison C. (Author) ; Ahmed, Shayaan (Author) ; Mitchell, Emilie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Journal of family violence
Year: 2025, Volume: 40, Issue: 4, Pages: 673-686
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Keywords:
Covid-19
Dating Violence
Domestic Violence
Education
Health Promotion
Intimate Partner Violence
Prevention
Virtual
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Summary:Purpose: This study sought to understand violence prevention educators’ experiences conducting prevention education during the COVID-19 pandemic including barriers, challenges, and lessons learned. Methods: For this study, we interviewed 25 violence prevention educators from across the U.S. Qualitative content analysis was used to identify major categories from the interviews.ResultsThe first set of categories concerns prevention education audiences and modes during the COVID-19 pandemic (Research Question 1). The second set of categories focuses on barriers and challenges to violence prevention education during the pandemic (Research Question 2). The final set of categories discusses lessons learned by prevention educators during the COVID-19 pandemic (Research Question 3). Conclusions: Findings from the study highlight both the barriers violence prevention educators faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and participants’ resiliency in working to overcome these barriers, including lessons learned for future violence prevention efforts. These findings suggest that some elements of prevention education implemented during the pandemic, such as virtual education and social media usage, may benefit current and future prevention education.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 685-686
ISSN:1573-2851
DOI:10.1007/s10896-024-00686-z