Masho and Hamm (2007) analyzed data from the 2005 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey to find the prevalence and risk factors for dating physical violence (DPV) in teens in grades 9 through 12. These results were reported at last week's 2007 American Public Health Association annual meeting. Surprisingly, they found similar response rates to the ( Read more... )

At last week's 2007 American Public Health Association annual meeting, one topic explored was the prevalence of male sexual assault: that is, sexual assault where the victim is male. Masho and Anderson (2007) survey of adult males in Virginia found a lifetime prevalence rate of 12.9% for male sexual assault, with about 60% of the perpetrators ( Read more... )