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Coaching Boys into Men - a Proven Strategy to Prevent Violence
By RaymondBrandes.
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North America : Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Futures Without Violence (formerly known as Family Violence Prevention Fund) shared a feature story on their website (www.futureswithoutviolence.org/content/features/detail/2487 ) that a study published online in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that their programme Coaching Boys into Men (CBIM) is proven effective to reduce abusive behaviors among male athletes who have participated in the programme.

Link to the attached Study: http://www.ajpmonline.org/webfiles/images/journals/amepre/AMEPRE_3795-stamped-043013.pdf

The Randomized Controlled Trial of Coaching Boys into Men conducted from 2009-2011 had a 12-month follow-up to examine the longer-term effectiveness of the programme meant to prevent dating violence targeting high school male...

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