# Evaluating the effectiveness of Green Dot to prevent multiple forms of violence among high school youth who have been exposed to family violence

> **NIH ALLCDC K01** · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE · 2020 · $124,273

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
More than one in nine children are exposed to family violence, which is associated with victimization by and
perpetration of multiple forms of violence across their lives. Green Dot, a bystander intervention program, has
been shown to effectively reduce violence at the school level, but we do not know how well it works at the
individual level with the higher-risk youth who have exposure to family violence. This K01 project will address
this gap and extend the knowledge of cross-cutting violence prevention by evaluating the intervention’s
effectiveness with this target population through a secondary analysis of data collected as a part of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention-funded cooperative agreement Green Dot Across the Bluegrass
(5U01CE001675), with two specific aims for this project. Specific Aim 1 will identify whether exposure to family
violence moderates the effectiveness of Green Dot to prevent multiple forms of violence; it aligns with the
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control’s (NCIPC) research priority to evaluate the effectiveness and
economic efficiency of programs, policies, and practices to enhance young people’s skills and relationships
that reduce their involvement in multiple forms of violence. Specific Aim 2 will identify whether binge drinking
and attitudes toward violence mediate, and whether the youth’s sex moderates, the effectiveness of Green Dot
among youth exposed to family violence; it aligns with the NCIPC’s research priority to identify modifiable
factors that buffer against adversity and aggressive behavior in childhood. Research outcomes will include
identification of modifiable risk factors that can be used to tailor Green Dot to prevent future victimization and
perpetration of multiple forms of violence (i.e., teen dating violence, sexual harassment, bullying, sexual
assault, and stalking). This career development project also includes two strategic objectives toward
independence for an early-career researcher in the field of violence prevention: 1) develop mastery of
advanced analytic techniques to evaluate intervention data, and 2) apply social epidemiological principles to
violence prevention. The strong mentoring team includes primary mentor Dr. Melinda Forthofer, Professor and
Chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences at UNC Charlotte, and co-mentors Dr. Ann L. Coker and Dr.
Heather Bush, both from the University of Kentucky. Training activities include hands-on data analysis lessons
with Dr. Bush, online and face-to-face courses in advanced statistics and social epidemiology, and attendance
at a conference and workshops hosted by the Society for Behavioral Medicine. Research results will be
disseminated through at least one conference presentation and one first-authored manuscript, and the
submission of an R01, or equivalent, grant proposal. The findings will be translated to advocates and
practitioners by developing and disseminating a research brief with actio...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10018798
- **Project number:** 5K01CE003158-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE
- **Principal Investigator:** Annelise Mennicke
- **Activity code:** K01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $124,273
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-09-30 → 2021-09-29

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10018798

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10018798, Evaluating the effectiveness of Green Dot to prevent multiple forms of violence among high school youth who have been exposed to family violence (5K01CE003158-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10018798. Licensed CC0.

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