Development of a website for dating violence prevention, abandonment of intimate abusive relationships and support to peers

Namoros violentos podem gerar transtornos de estresse pós-traumático, depressão e abuso de substâncias. Por isso, medidas preventivas e de intervenção precoce são necessárias. Este artigo tem por objetivo descrever a avaliação de necessidades e a construção de materiais para o desenvolvimento de um website para prevenção à violência no namoro entre adolescentes e jovens brasileiros. Para avaliar necessidades, estudos qualitativos foram realizados com amostras de adolescentes e jovens para identificar intenções de enfrentamento à violência no namoro, as características de namoros abusivos, as habilidades de manejo de conflitos usadas em namoros saudáveis, estratégias facilitadoras do abandono de namoros violentos e o processo de receber e dar ajuda a amigos em situação de maus-tratos no namoro. Com base nos resultados da avaliação de necessidades e no Modelo Transteórico de Mudança, construiu-se um website com cinco módulos: reconhecimento da violência no namoro, fatores de risco para a vitimização pelo parceiro íntimo, habilidades sociais para manejo de conflitos no namoro, abandono de namoros violentos e apoio aos pares. São sugeridos estudos para avaliação dos efeitos da exposição ao website sobre mudanças atitudinais e comportamentais relativas à autoproteção em namoros violentos e ao apoio aos pares.Palavras-chave: prevenção, educação em saúde, violência doméstica, saúde do adolescente.Violent dating may generate post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and substance abuse. For this reason, early intervention and preventive measures are necessary. This article aims to describe the needs assessment and the construction of materials for the development of a website for dating violence prevention among Brazilian youth. In order to perform needs assessment, qualitative studies have been conducted with samples of adolescents and youth to identify intentions of coping with dating violence, the characteristics of abusive relationships, confl ict management skills used in healthy relationships, facilitating strategies of abandonment of violent relationships and the process of receiving and giving support to friends in situations of abusive dating. Based on the results of the needs assessment and the Transtheoretical Model of Change, a website was built with fi ve modules: recognition of dating violence, risk factors for victimization by an intimate partner, social skills for confl ict management in dating, abandonment of violent relationships and support to peers. Studies to evaluate the eff ects of exposure to the website on att itudinal and behavioural changes relating to self-protection in violent relationships and support to peers are suggested.Keywords: prevention, health education, domestic violence, health adolescent

Needs assessment for cultural adaptation of Strengthening Families Program (SFP 10-14-UK) in Brazil

This study sought to evaluate the cultural adequacy of materials and procedures of the Strengthening Families Program (SFP 10-14-UK) and to identify requirements for its cultural adaptation to Brazilian families. The descriptive study had 33 informants, including external observers, managers, multipliers, facilitators, adolescents, and parents. The data were collected at a pilot application in the Federal District. Direct observation was applied to four intervention groups, with seven meetings of 150 min for families, parents/guardians and adolescents, and mixed nominal groups at the end of the interventions. The results, analyzed through content analysis and descriptive statistics, provided evidence that SFP was perceived as sufficiently appealing, culturally relevant, and partially clear. Recommendations for cultural adaptation of linguistic aspects of the materials and procedures were made, considering the cultural and educational differences of the participant families. Focus on implementation quality, including infrastructure, families’ mobilization and continuous planning, was recommended. Replication studies in other Brazilian regions and analyses of contextual and political dimensions are suggested