DOI: 10.3886/icpsr04453.v1
title: Evidence-Based Review of Rape and Sexual Assault Preventive Intervention Programs in the United States, 1990-2003
title: Version 1

description: This study was an evidence-based review of sexual assault
 preventive intervention (SAPI) programs. A total of 67 publications
 including articles, government reports, and book chapters (excluding
 dissertations) representing 59 studies met the inclusion criteria and
 were included in the data abstraction process. In order to be included
 in the review, the resource had to be an English-language publication,
 published between 1990 and June 2003, of a SAPI evaluation of a
 primary or secondary preventive intervention program that targeted
 people who were adolescent-age or older, and which included outcome
 measures and a pre-test/post-test or between-group differences
 design. The findings for the article reviews are presented in evidence
 tables, for the general population in Part 1 and the evidence tables
for individuals with disabilities in Part 2.
description: The purpose of the study was to conduct an
 evidence-based review of sexual assault preventive intervention (SAPI)
 programs. The review documented what is known about SAPI evaluation
 research, identified significant gaps, and highlighted areas for
future research.
description: To identify the greatest number of sexual assault
 prevention intervention (SAPI) evaluation publications within the
 scope of the inclusion criteria, RTI conducted an exhaustive search of
 the literature. A total of 67 resources (representing 59 studies,
 including 9 focusing on individuals with disabilities) met the
 inclusion criteria and were included in the data abstraction process.
 In order to be included in the review, the article had to be an
 English-language publication published between 1990 and June 2003 of a
 SAPI evaluation that had appeared in a peer-reviewed journal, book
 chapter, or government report (dissertations were excluded), and the
 evaluated program had to be a primary or secondary preventive
 intervention targeting adolescents or older that included outcome
 measures and a pre-test/post-test or between-group differences
 design. To find articles, the researchers performed keyword searches
 in several relevant electronic databases to describe the sexual
 offender, sexual offense, victim, intervention and prevention
 programs, and evaluation and program effectiveness. Key search terms
 specific to three groups (special populations/individuals with
 disabilities, minorities, and adolescents) were used to ensure
 inclusion of publications about these groups. A three-tiered review
 process was employed to abstract data from the articles and ensure a
 thorough assessment. Two reviewers from the RTI team separately
 recorded detailed information for each article, and any discrepancies
 were reconciled by a third reviewer. All three reviewers independently
 assessed study quality. Two standardized forms, one for data
 abstraction and one for quality rating, were used to review each
 article. The data abstraction form, which was used to classify
 information from each article, included sections for descriptive
 information about the population and setting, study design and sample,
 and the preventive intervention. The form also included sections for
 recording study measures and instruments. The final section included
 space to indicate the quality score (from the quality rating form) and
 the major strengths and weaknesses of both the study and the article.
 Each article was given three quality rating scores: one to assess the
 study description, one to assess the study design, and a total score
 (the sum of the study description and study design scores). The total
 score was then divided by the number of possible points to determine
the percentage score.
description: The data abstraction form, which was used to
 classify information from each article, included sections for
 descriptive information about the population and setting, study design
 and sample, and the preventive intervention. The form also included
 sections for recording study measures and instruments. The final
 section included space to indicate the quality score (from the quality
 rating form) and the major strengths and weaknesses of both the study
 and the article. Tables in Appendices E and G include information on
 the population and setting, study design and sample, intervention,
 measures, results, and study quality. Population and setting variables
 include location, study eligibility criteria, population type, and
 population characteristics such as age, sex, education,
 race/ethnicity, whether sexually active, victimization, and criminal
 history. Study design and sample variables include intervention group
 type, comparison group type, sampling frame size, baseline sample
 size, post-test and follow-up sample sizes, time points of data
 collection, and methods/setting of data collection. Intervention
 variables include setting, duration, theory/model, delivery mode,
 curriculum/content, program implementer, specific culture, assessment
 of exposure, and intervention retention rate. Measures variables
 include knowledge, time points of measurement, attitudes,
 victimization, and perpetration. Results variables include primary
 measures, knowledge, attitudes, victimization, penetration, and other
 measures. Study quality variables include the quality score, major
 strengths, and major weaknesses. Tables in Appendix F include
 variables on the article number (corresponds to the article in
 Appendix G), gender, intervention format and length, intervention
 content, incentives, study design, baseline and post-intervention
follow up sample sizes, and outcome measures.
description: none
description: Response Rates: Not applicable.
description: Presence of Common Scales: none
description: This study included the review of 67 articles
 (representing 59 studies) on sexual assault preventive intervention
 (SAPI) programs. Search terms were identified based on the inclusion
 criteria for this review. Different search criteria were used to
 search different databases to best utilize the controlled vocabulary
 available from each of the databases. The search terms used in the
 literature searches included keywords to describe the sexual offender,
 sexual offense, and victim, interventions and prevention programs, and
 evaluation and program effectiveness. Key search terms specific to
 three groups (special populations/individuals with disabilities,
 minorities, and adolescents) were used to ensure their inclusion.
 Abstracts returned by the literature searches were screened by the
 researchers to determine whether they met the inclusion criteria. If
 they did, the full documents were retrieved. When an abstract did not
 provide sufficient information to determine inclusion, the full
article was retrieved for further examination.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Evidence Tables -- General Population
DS2: Evidence Tables -- Individuals With Disabilities
description: All publications published in English between 1990 and
 June 2003 that appeared in a peer-reviewed journal, as a chapter in a
 book, or as a government report (not including dissertations) that
 were evaluations of a primary or secondary sexual assault preventive
 intervention (SAPI) programs targeting populations of adolescent age
 or older and that included measures of attitudes, knowledge, behavior,
 victimization, and perpetration, and measured intervention effects
using a pre-test/post-test or between-group differences design.
description: record abstractsUsers are encouraged to refer to the final report for
more information about the data tables.