Working with Men to Prevent Violence Against Women: Program Modalities and Formats

In Part One of this paper an overview was provided of men’s role in prevention along with effective strategies for ending men’s violence against women, and the importance of creating culturally relevant programs that address all of men’s identities was presented. The discussion is continued in this document by providing an overview of best practices in prevention, the content and format of men’s prevention programs, and an overview of different program philosophies or pedagogies. It is a challenge to classify and summarize the many different types of violence prevention efforts that have been developed for men in recent years. One-way to conceptually organize and describe them is in terms of: 1) program content; 2) program format (how the information is provided and delivered), and; 3) program philosophy or pedagogy. In addition, extensive research within the prevention field regarding program effectiveness has identified best practices that can be applied to programs on all three of these dimensions. These topics are reviewed below, beginning with best practices.