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The Expect Respect Project, a violence prevention program, was developed to reduce the incidence of bullying and sexual harassment by creating a positive school climate in which inappropriate behaviors are not tolerated and staff members respond consistently to incidents. The project implemented an educational intervention for students, parents, and staff members on expecting respect in student relationships and strategies for responding to inappropriate student behaviors. This article describes the educational intervention and evaluation of the project. Findings from the project showed a significant increase in awareness of bullying following the educational intervention. Bullying was reported to have occurred in areas with less adult supervision such as the playground, cafeteria, hallway, and buses. Students thought staff would respond to inappropriate behaviors by telling students to ignore verbal bullying or sexual harassment. In contrast, staff at the elementary schools thought adults would respond to inappropriate behaviors by telling the bully to stop, calling his or her parents, or giving a specific punishment.

Domestic violence is one of the leading health risks to women in the United States. Abuse during pregnancy increases the negative health consequences for mothers and their unborn children. This article presents survey and open-ended interview data from participants in an innovative program for pregnant and parenting battered women and examines the health status of mothers and newborns, their experience and Bell et al. 319 perception of both physical and nonphysical abuse, and their challenges to prenatal care.Domestic violence is one of the leading health risks to women in the United States. For pregnant and parenting women living with an abusive partner, the risk to their safety and the outcome of their pregnancies, as well as the risk to their children, increases dramatically (Bohn & Parker, 1993). In this article, preliminary data from a multimethod evaluation of an innovative program for pregnant and parenting battered women are presented that focus on overall health of mothers and their children, challenges to prenatal care, level of physical and nonphysical abuse in their lives, and their perceptions of that abuse. Participants' stories illustrate how these women think about their pregnancies and relationships, the interpersonal violence that is part of those relationships, and their need for support and services.

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