School-based programs are delivered to individual classes in which students are given the opportunity to explore their attitudes towards lesbians and gay men may be a useful part of a strategy to reduce homophobia.

This is the essential conclusion to be drawn from a research program undertaken in the Geelong region amongst secondary school students. For a copy of the researchers' abstract click here.

We acknowledge: Higgins, D. J., King, R. M., & Witthaus, D. (2001). Pride and prejudice: Facilitating change in the attitudes of students toward gay men and lesbians. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 12, 238-241 for granting permission to publish the abstract on this site.