Using Interactive Theater to Create Socioculturally Relevant Community-Based Intimate Partner Violence Prevention

This article describes the use of interactive theater, audience response assessment, and peer educators to create community-generated approaches for bystander interventions (i.e., actions taken by people who become aware of controlling, abusive and violent behavior of others) to prevent intimate par...

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Published inAmerican journal of community psychology Vol. 55; no. 1-2; pp. 136 - 147
Main Authors Yoshihama, Mieko, Tolman, Richard M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Springer US 01.03.2015
Blackwell Science Ltd
Subjects
Asian Americans
Audience response measurement
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Community action
Community and Environmental Psychology
Community Health Services - methods
Community Participation
Community-based intervention
Culturally Competent Care
Domestic violence
Forum Theater
Health Promotion
Health Psychology
Humans
Original Article
Peer educator
Peer Group
Peer relationships
Personality and Social Psychology
Prevention
Psychology
Public Health
Social Norms
Spouse Abuse - prevention & control
Theater
Prevention
Domestic violence
Community-based intervention
Peer educator
Audience response measurement
Forum Theater
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Summary:This article describes the use of interactive theater, audience response assessment, and peer educators to create community-generated approaches for bystander interventions (i.e., actions taken by people who become aware of controlling, abusive and violent behavior of others) to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) and to foster change in community norms. We include a case example of an ongoing university–community partnership, which mobilizes community members to develop and implement socioculturally relevant IPV prevention programs in multiple Asian communities. We used interactive theater at a community event—a walk to raise awareness about IPV in South Asian communities—and examined how the enacted bystander interventions reflect specific community contexts. We detail the challenges and limitations we have encountered in our attempts to implement this approach in collaboration with our community partners.
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ISSN:0091-0562
1573-2770
DOI:10.1007/s10464-014-9700-0