Cognitive and behavioral methods were applied to assist adolescents with avoidance of unplanned pregnancy. Small group training gave high-school sophomores contraceptive information, steps for solving problems, and practice in communicating decisions about sexual behavior. Compared with untrained, control-condition teenagers, trained teenagers had more positive posttest scores on measures of sexual knowledge, interpersonal problem solving, and in vivo performance. At 6-month follow-up, young women and young men who participated in training groups had better attitudes toward family planning and were practicing more effective contraception than were young people in control conditions. Research findings have implications for cognitive and behavioral counseling aimed at the primary prevention of personal and social difficulties faced by young people.
This study explores British social workers' abilities to recognize incidents of interpersonal violence, how much domestic violence training social workers typically receive, and how awareness of organizational policies and practice experiences impact workers' attitudes about domestic violence. Based on our findings we suggest that traditional higher education teaching methods of lecture and seminar combined with a service-learning component to course work should be explored. Additionally, local authorities and other health and social care agencies need to take more responsibility for ensuring their employees understand agency policy regarding domestic violence and how to apply it.
KeywordsDefinitions of domestic violence, domestic violence, organizational policy, social work practice, training Domestic abuse or domestic violence, 1 now much in the public gaze (Mullender and Hague, 2005), is recognized internationally with growing concern (Campbell, 2001;Fernandez, 1997;Kanno and Newhill, 2009;Romkens, 1997). It involves the emotional, physical, sexual and/or economic abuse of one or more members of a family by another within the domestic sphere (Bates and Brown, 1998;
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