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Our Impact

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Our Philosophy on Learning

One Love is deeply committed to continuous improvement and expanding our knowledge base to ensure our programs are achieving the desired outcomes. We engage and listen to the communities we serve as we seek deeper understanding of our impact across all areas of work – educational programs, youth leadership, and issue awareness – to ensure that One Love continues to innovate and inform the field as a true learning organization.

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3.2M
Have participated in a One Love workshop
53K
Volunteers and educators have been trained to lead a One Love workshop
534
Student leaders across the country

Our evidence-based approach

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Our education incorporates leading recommendations from the CDC for intimate partner violence prevention, as well as current research and culturally-responsive best practices from youth development, social and emotional learning, and other related fields.

In partnership with external researchers, One Love conducted randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluations to study participant outcomes. Our workshops have been shown to affect statistically significant, long-term change across multiple dimensions of attitudes and behavior including:

  • Increases in bystander readiness to intervene;
  • Decreases in denial of dating abuse as a problem on campus;
  • Improved attitudes about dating abuse;
  • Increased engagement in prevention-oriented bystander behavior;
  • Initiation of conversations with friends and family about partner violence; and
  • Intervention when encountering verbal abuse, among others.

89%
of surveyed youth said they would recommend One Love workshops to a friend
89%
of surveyed youth said they would communicate their boundaries to a friend or partner
91%
of surveyed youth reported feeling confident that they knew how to help a friend in an unhealthy relationship
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What We Measure

One Love tracks impact on individuals across seven core Learning Objectives – key areas of behavior change that our programs target. They are compatible with national and many states’ health standards and learning requirements and also align to the Social and Emotional Learning competencies from the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL).
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Additionally, we prioritize and elevate questions as they arise from the field to expand our understanding of not only what interventions work in preventing dating abuse, but why and for whom. We believe an ongoing learning process and integration of new evidence is critical to achieving our goal that youth of all identities see themselves in this work and can access our resources.
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How We Measure

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Participant outcomes are captured on an ongoing basis each year through online surveys administered at the end of workshops. One Love surveys use a retrospective pre-/post-test design and are optimized for middle and high school literacy levels.

We also employ qualitative and mixed methods approaches when appropriate to address key research questions, center youth voice, and capture valuable feedback from the communities that we serve.

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One Love is always open to considering research and evaluation partnership opportunities that align with our strategic learning goals. Interested parties can inquire by email.

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