Flávia Carvalho Malta Mello, Deborah Carvalho Malta, Maria Goreth Santos, Marta Maria Alves da Silva, Marta Angélica Iossi Silva
Evolution of the report of suffering bullying among Brazilian schoolchildren: National Scholl Health Survey - 2009 to 2015
Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology
violence leading cause death disability young people serious impacts prospects across lifecourse education sector crucial setting preventing youth violence incorporating programmes address attitudes behaviours mentors violence prevention mvp programme aims change harmful attitudes norms increase nonviolent bystander intervention peer mentoring approach date limited evidence effectiveness intervention uk school settings aim current study evaluate impact programme students attitudes knowledge related violence prevention study employed mixed methods design pre post surveys measured changes students aged 1118 attitudes knowledge related violence prevention bystander behaviour gender stereotyping acceptability violence perceptions others willingness intervene interviewsfocus groups programme delivers students anonymised programme data used explore supplement survey findings overall perceptions programme content delivery positive several beneficial impacts programme found mentors students delivering programme including significant positive changes measures knowledge attitudes towards violence prevention bystander approach acceptability violence perpetration perceptions students willingness intervene effect sizes smallmedium however study found significant change outcomes amongst mentees younger students receiving programme mentors despite qualitative evidence suggested mentees enjoyed content programme peerled delivery built relationships older students qualitative evidence also identified additional benefits programme mentors including leadership communication skills increased confidence supportive relationships evidence study suggests mvp effective targeted programme mentors significant evidence found demonstrate effectiveness universal bystander violence prevention programme mentees whilst research robust study design needed developing mentors leaders violence prevention valuable impact programme right