The goal of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness of Safe Night Out, a community-level primary violence prevention program offered in drinking establishments in the Sacramento region of California. The main questions this project aims to answer are: 1) Does the Safe Night Out program reduce incidents of sexual violence and intimate partner violence among patrons? 2) Does the Safe Night Out program increase incidents of safety checks of patrons by staff participants? To address these questions, we will enroll 150 staff participants and 500 patron participants from 25 drinking establishments that have implemented the Safe Night Out program (\~3 staff participants and 10 patron participants per drinking establishment) and 25 drinking establishments that have not implemented the Safe Night Out program (\~3 staff participants and 10 patron participants per drinking establishment). Participants will complete a baseline and three 6-month follow-up assessments, until 18 month-follow-up.
Aged 21 years or older (as required per California law for alcohol servers)
Employed and working as a bar owner, manager, or staff member of the drinking establishment that has been recruited for the study (for staff participants)
A customer or patron in the past month at the drinking establishment that has been recruited for the study (for patron participants)
Ability to speak and understand English
Aged 20 years and under
Inability to speak and understand English
No current employment at a drinking establishment recruited for the study (for staff participants)
No history of visiting the drinking establishment in the past month (for patron participants)