Developing a Sustainable Implementation Strategy for the A-EAAA Sexual Assault Resistance Program for Teen Girls

In this application, we are requesting funds to assist the non-profit organization, SARE Centre, in developing a strategy for scaling up the implementation of a new sexual assault resistance program for teen girls. A-EAAA (Adolescent EAAA) is based on Dr. Charlene Senn’s Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, Act (EAAA) sexual assault resistance program, the only program available proven effective in reducing sexual assault victimization. In a clinical trial, undergraduate women who took EAAA were 50% less likely to experience rape or attempted rape in the following year than women in the control group. Dr. Senn founded the SARE Centre to help universities and other institutions make EAAA available on their campuses. Since first publishing results of EAAA’s effectiveness in the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Senn and SARE Centre staff have received many requests from teachers and parents of adolescent girls asking that EAAA be made available in high schools. To answer this need, Dr. Senn collaborated with Dr. Sara Crann, to create A-EAAA. With funding from MITACS, an intern will assist the SARE Centre to identify strategies for communicating information about A-EAAA to parents, teachers, school boards, and related community organizations. The intern will also identify best practices and successful models for the implementation of evidence-based programming to adolescents. This will enable the Centre to adapt its current business practices to maximize the likelihood that schools and other organizations who want to offer A-EAAA will have the opportunity to do so with the greatest likelihood of success.

Faculty Supervisor:

Sara Crann;Catherine Vanner

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Partner:

SARE Centre

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Windsor

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