Implementing an athletic coach-delivered bystander intervention program to reduce violence against women: Coach and high school athlete perspectives

Jaime, Maria Catrina D.

Friday, March 20, 2015: 4:00 PM-5:20 PM

Room 13/14 (Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel)

Speaker:
Maria Catrina D. Jaime, MPH, CPH, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Authors:
Heather L. McCauley, ScD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Daniel J. Tancredi, PhD, Pediatrics UC Davis School of Medicine and Center for Healthcare Policy and Research
Michele R. Decker, ScD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Jay G. Silverman, PhD, Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
Brian O'Connor, MS, Futures Without Violence
Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Presentation Format:
Scientific Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Learn about qualitative methods used to examine coach and athlete perspectives on the Coaching Boys into Men (CBIM) prevention program.
Understand the outcomes resulting from coaches’ interviews and athlete focus groups.
Gain information about key strategies coaches highlighted and athletes found valuable, to help inform stakeholders planning to implement CBIM in the future.

Description:
This qualitative study examined coach and athlete perspectives on the Coaching Boys into Men (CBIM) prevention program and strategies for informing future implementation. Coaches highlighted the support of the advocate and how the CBIM structure helped to deliver violence prevention messages to their athletes. Athletes appreciated discussions about respect, described coaches modeling bystander intervention, and increased awareness of their own language, attitudes, and behaviors. CBIM appears to be a highly acceptable and feasible program to incorporate into school athletic programs.