https://aub.ie/MilitaryREACH-EduFramework24

Cooper, E., Vandenberg, C., Hanson, E., Sherman, H., Saxey, M., Tidwell, A., O’Neal, C. W., & Lucier-Greer, M. (2024). Empowering through education: Frameworks for relationship education, parent education, and sexual violence prevention. Auburn, AL: Military REACH.

Purpose: This report was created, in part, to support the Integrated Prevention Advisory Group of the U.S. Army Reserve Command, G-1 Services and Support Division in developing and reconceptualizing primary prevention efforts that address a range of risk and protective factors (i.e., integrated prevention). The Military REACH team was asked to identify prevention-focused frameworks that identify essential educational components (i.e., describe what information or skills should be taught) and are informed by research (i.e., provide clear rationale for why that information or skillset is essential). We focus specifically on frameworks related to: • healthy couple relationship education, • parent education, and • sexual violence prevention. To accomplish this objective, this report provides background information related to prevention science, a review of established, research-informed conceptual frameworks in these three prevention areas, and special considerations for family life education with military families with a focus on geographically dispersed Reserve and National Guard members. This report serves to inform the selection, development, and improvement of healthy relationships, parenting, and sexual violence prevention curricula/programming within the Army Reserve and National Guard and among service providers more generally. Methodology: For this review, research was gathered from several electronic academic databases (e.g., PsycINFO, Google Scholar, the Military REACH library) and reputable websites (e.g., university extension websites). Search terms included varying combinations of the following keywords: sexual assault prevention, sexual harassment prevention, sexual assault prevention theory, review of sexual assault prevention, model for sexual assault prevention, parent education framework, relationship education, extension model for healthy relationship education, and extension model for parenting. Information was systematically reviewed and synthesized with a lens toward application in prevention settings. Acknowledgements: We acknowledge and appreciate the insights from the Integrated Prevention Advisory Group of the U.S. Army Reserve Command, in reviewing and strengthening this report.

Children
Youth
Parents
Couples
Programming
Trauma
Mental health

Multiple branches

Active Duty
Guard
Reserve

Active duty service member
Guard/Reserve member
Military families
Spouse of service member or veteran
Child of a service member or veteran

Childhood (birth - 12 yrs)
Adolescence (13 - 17 yrs)
Adulthood (18 yrs & older)
Young adulthood (18 - 29 yrs)
Thirties (30 - 39 yrs)
Middle age (40 - 64 yrs)

Review of Literature

Cooper, Erin, Vandenberg, Carlynn, Sherman, Haley, Saxey, Matthew, Tidwell, Allison, O'Neal, Catherine W., Lucier-Greer, Mallory

Military REACH at Auburn University

REACH Publication

Human Development and Family Science, Auburn University, EC
Human Development and Family Science, Auburn University, CV
Human Development and Family Science, Auburn University, EH
Human Development and Family Science, Auburn University, HS
Human Development and Family Science, Auburn University, MS
Human Development and Family Science, Auburn University, AT
Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, CWO
Human Development and Family Science, Auburn University, MLG