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

Miyuki Nagamatsu,Mika Niina,Narumi Ooshige,Ken-Ichi Hara,Nozomi Sonoda

doi:10.1186/s12199-021-00964-y

Abstract

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

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International definition of violence The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized sexual violence as an important international health and human rights issue and recommends strengthening preventive measures [1]
According to the corresponding t test, the average score of attitudes that lead to violence decreased after the education program compared to the baseline of the program (p
The average scores of both attitudes that lead to physical violence and attitudes that lead to mental violence decreased (p

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International definition of violence The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized sexual violence as an important international health and human rights issue and recommends strengthening preventive measures [1]. In order to prevent a person from becoming either a perpetrator or victim of violence, education strategies on violence prevention are of utmost importance. Actual conditions of violence in Japan In Japan, the Domestic Violence (DV) Prevention Act was revised to allow protection orders to be issued for cohabitating dating partners. In 2015, after the implementation of the Anti-Stalking Act and the Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence, the number of stalking cases and spousal violence cases in Japan increased dramatically [3].

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