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Russell Pratt and Carol Pyke
South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault & Women's Health in the South East

From: Australian Journal of Primary Health - Vol. 7, No. 3, 2001

The Respect, Protect, Connect Program, (formerly Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself for Females, and Respecting Ourselves, Respecting Others for Males), is an injury-prevention focused workshop based in secondary schools in the South East Region of Melbourne. Peer education principles are utilised in single-sex workshops with year 7-10 students. The aims of the workshops are the development of harm reduction and violence prevention strategies by young people. Students develop an understanding of the way violence impacts upon their lives and those around them. Through discussion, role plays and interactive group work, young people are empowered and resourced to take more control of their life circumstances. The origins and current status of the project are discussed along with reflections of project workers about working with class-sized groups of young people.
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