Efficacy of a sexual assault resistance program for University women

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 2326-2335

  Senn, Charlene Y ^a   Eliasziw, Misha ^b,e   Barata, Paula C ^a,d   Thurston, Wilfreda E ^b   Newby Clark, Ian R ^d   Radtke, H Lorraine ^c   Hobden, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTEMPTED COERCION; ATTEMPTED RAPE; CANADA; COMPLETED RAPE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFICACY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SEXUAL ASSAULT RESISTANCE PROGRAM; SEXUAL COERCION; SEXUAL EXPERIENCES SURVEY SHORT FORM VICTIMIZATION; UNIVERSITY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VICTIM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRIME VICTIM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RAPE; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; RAPE; RISK; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; UNIVERSITIES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930797696     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1411131     Document Type: Article

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