title: The effect of Teach One Reach One (TORO) on youth acceptance of couple violence.
abstract: This study evaluated the impact of the Teach One Reach One intervention, a community-based participatory research project designed to address the co-occurrence of adolescent risk behaviors on acceptance of teen dating violence. Data were derived from 331 rural African American youth between 10-14 years of age who participated in caregiver-youth dyads as either: 1) peer lay health advisor dyads, or Ambassadors, 2) caregiver-youth dyads recruited by Ambassadors, or Allies, or 3) comparison dyads. The following study focuses on participating youth only and our results indicated that: 1) Ambassadors and Allies reported less acceptance of couple violence than youth within the comparison group, and 2) less family cohesion, greater family conflict, and greater knowledge of healthy dating behaviors predicted greater acceptance of couple violence. Our findings highlight the efficaciousness of the TORO intervention, which directly engaged participants in prevention efforts through community-based participatory research methods and the use of lay heath advisors.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Equity Research (CHER), Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: Tiarney D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Ritchwood
authors.affiliation: CIRA, Yale University, 135 College Street, Suite 200, New Haven, CT 06510-2483.
authors.forename: Tashuna
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Albritton
authors.affiliation: The Craig Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Suite 11 NW10 Philadelphia, PA 19104.
authors.forename: Aletha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akers
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Equity Research (CHER), Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: Gaurav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dave
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Equity Research (CHER), Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carthron
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: Adaora
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adimora
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Equity Research (CHER), Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: Giselle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Corbie-Smith
keywords: CBPR; dating violence; intervention; lay health advisors