Buckeyes Got Your Back: Evaluation of a Bystander Intervention

Buckeyes Got Your Back!
Evaluation of a Bystander Intervention Program
Michelle Bangen, MPH, CHES | Student Advocacy Center
Christina Athas, MPH, CHES | Center for the Study of Student Life
Buckeyes Got Your Back!
• BGYB Preview
• Implementation
• Assessment & Analysis
• Findings
• Challenges & Limitations
• Future Directions
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Why Bystander Intervention?
• SV is a widespread problem!
• Evidence-based primary prevention
• A community solution
• Federal compliance
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Buckeyes Got Your Back aims to:
• Dispel rape myths
• Increase motivation to help
• Develop skills and confidence to intervene
• Enhance students’ sense of community
• Promote safety
• Support survivors
• Highlight campus and local resources
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• Address special needs of various populations
BGYB “snapshot”
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Pop Quiz!
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Alcohol and Consent
go.osu.edu/sm-policy
Yes Means Yes!
• Mildly relaxed
• Possibly lightheaded “buzzed”
• Sensation of warmth, rosy cheeks, flushed
• Slightly less inhibited
Proceed With Caution
• Warm and relaxed
• Possibly mild sense of euphoria
• May be less shy
• Good moods are better/bad moods are worse
• May talk louder and act bolder than usual
Effective Consent Cannot Be Given
• Slurred speech
• Dizziness/trouble maintaining balance, walking or standing
• Forgetfulness/memory impairment/forgets # of drinks consumed
• Confusion/disorientation
• Nausea or vomiting
• Passed out
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Consent is HOT. Assault is NOT.
When to Do or Say Something
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• When someone is joking about sexual assault
• When you witness cat-calling in public
• When someone is pressuring/encouraging others to
drink and/or hook up
• When you witness inappropriate/unwanted touching
• When comments/actions indicate intent on having sex
if person is unwilling/unable to consent
• When someone is getting ready to have sex with a
person who is intoxicated
• When someone brags about having sex while
intoxicated.
Intervention Styles
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Practice Bystander Intervention
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Implementation
2012-13
Development
IFC Pilot
2013-14
Refinement
2014-15
IFC
Housing
RA & Resident
Pilot
Athletics
IFC
Athletics
Student
Orgs
Army
ROTC
SCC & FF
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Housing
OAs
Assessment & Analysis
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IRB approved research to assess program efficacy
(IFC Implementation)
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Assess changes from pre- to post-test
- Rape myth acceptance
- Bystander intentions
- Pro-consent attitudes
- Knowledge
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2013-14 Findings
Pre-test n=659; Post-test n=487
70.4%
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5-Point Likert Scale: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral,
Agree, Strongly Agree
*p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001
87.6%
Out of 12 possible points
2013-14 Findings
5-Point Likert Scale: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree
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*p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001
2013-14 Findings
5-Point Likert Scale: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree
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*p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001
2013-14 Findings
5-Point Likert Scale: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree
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*p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001
2014-15 Findings
Pre-test n=144; Post-test n=107
Pre-test
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5-Point Likert Scale: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral,
Agree, Strongly Agree
*p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001
Post-test
Out of 12 possible points
2014-15 Findings
5-Point Likert Scale: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree
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*p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001
2014-15 Findings
5-Point Likert Scale: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree
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*p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001
2014-15 Findings
5-Point Likert Scale: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree
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*p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001
Open-Ended Feedback Themes (2014-15)
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Challenges & Limitations
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IFC only
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Online administration: Post drop-off
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Consistency among facilitators
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Post-test time frame
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Identifying program effects among confounding
variables related to the increased attention on this topic
Future Directions
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Continued monitoring and fidelity checks
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Continuous feedback loop for ongoing program
enhancements
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Shift the focus towards evaluating other aspects of the
program or population
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Analyze data regarding facilitator confidence and
session outcomes
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Customize and implement with other
populations!
Thank You!
Michelle Bangen, MPH, CHES
[email protected]
Christina Athas, MPH, CHES
[email protected]
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