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School based programs aimed at preventing violence and promoting respectful relationships are
noted as having the strongest evidence base for effectiveness of all primary prevention strategies
(VicHealth, 2006 p.18, Flood & Fergus, 2008). VicHealth’s evaluation of effective and promising
bystander models for primary prevention includes a number of models that have been implemented
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in schools and universities both in Australia and internationally that employ both peer mentoring
and education and social marketing components (Powell, Dr.A, 2011). Reflecting on what makes
these programs effective, the literature identifies an emerging consensus on ‘good practice’ in this
area which can be distilled into five principles for delivering the most effective programs which are:
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