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Evaluation of the good night out campaign: a sexual violence bystander training programme for nightlife workers in England
Quigg, Zara Ross-Houle, Kim Bigland, Charlotte Bates, Rebecca
Quigg, Zara
Ross-Houle, Kim
Bigland, Charlotte
Bates, Rebecca
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2022-08-16
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Aim Sexual violence is global public health, human rights and gender equality issue. Sexual violence bystander programmes
for nightlife workers are emerging across a few countries and further examination of such programmes is required. This
exploratory study evaluates the potential effectiveness of the Good Night Out Campaign, a sexual violence bystander programme for nightlife workers.
Subject and methods Two hundred and seven trainees attending the 1.5 hour training programme across two cities in England
were recruited opportunistically, immediately prior to training delivery. Sexual violence myth acceptance and readiness and
confidence to intervene in sexual violence were measured at baseline and post-intervention. Analyses used paired-sample
tests to examine differences in the three measurements pre to post-training and effect sizes were quantified using Cohen’s d.
Results Compared to pre-training, post-training participants were significantly (p<0.001) less likely to agree with sexual
violence myths, and more likely to be confident and ready to intervene in sexual violence or incidents of vulnerability. Erect
sizes were small–medium.
Conclusions The study adds to emergent evidence suggesting that sexual violence bystander programmes may be promising
in decreasing sexual violence myths and barriers to bystander intervention, and increasing willingness to intervene amongst
nightlife workers. Findings can support the emergence of sexual violence prevention activities implemented in nightlife
spaces. Further programme implementation and evaluation using experimental designs is needed to explore outcomes in
greater depth, considering the complexity of the nightlife environment.
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Quigg, Z., Ross-Houle, K., Bigland, C., & Bates, R. (2023). Evaluation of the good night out campaign: A sexual violence bystander training programme for nightlife workers in England. Journal of Public Health (Berl.), 31, 1655–1661. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-022-01734-y
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Journal of Public Health
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The version of record of this article, first published in [Journal of Public Health], is available online at Publisher’s website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10389-022-01734-y
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0943-1853
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1613-2238