Child sexual abuse prevention programs that target young children.

Reppucci, N. Dickon; Land, Deborah; Haugaard, Jeffrey J.

doi:10.1037/10292-012

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“…The findings revealed a significant relationship between educational level and awareness of the indicators of CSA, as well as educational level and awareness of the grooming behaviors of perpetrators. Parents should be able to identify CSA and take courage to challenge the grooming process [5]. The current results indicate that participants from the lowest income group had the least level of awareness of the definition of CSA and the least awareness of the grooming behaviors of CSA perpetrators.…”

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Knowledge of Taiwanese Parents Regarding Child Sexual Abuse

Chien

Kuan

2007

KANSEI Engineering International

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Child sexual abuse (CSA) has long been regarded as a public health problem. However, in Taiwan, little attention has been paid to understanding the ecological contexts in which children live and providing safe environments for children. Thus, the purpose of the study was to examine how Taiwanese parents perceive their roles in the prevention of CSA. A social survey method was adopted, and we recruited 344 parents who had at least one child under age of 12 from pediatric clinics in Taipei city. The self-report questionnaire included four aspects: the definition of CSA, the indicators of CSA, the grooming process of perpetrator, and demographic variables. All data were coded and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. Household income was found to be significantly correlated with awareness of the definition of CSA. ANOVA analyses showed that educational level was significantly related to awareness of the indicators of CSA and the grooming process of perpetrator. Awareness of the grooming process of perpetrator should be considered in future research.

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“…Parents should be involved in child protection in the community [4] . Parents can even play an important and active role in primary prevention [5,6] .…”

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Knowledge of Taiwanese Parents Regarding Child Sexual Abuse

Chien

Kuan

2007

KANSEI Engineering International

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“…Most programmes were based on the assumption that knowledge changed children's behaviour and that the behaviour change resulted in reduced abuse and harm (Reppucci, Land, and Haugaard, 1998). Of the studies reviewed most used narrow pencil and paper tests to assess skill acquisition and further the psychometric properties of these tests were rarely known.…”

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“…Prevention programmes taught children to verbally resist and tell publicly what had happened (Reppucci, Land and Haugaard 1998). Such strategies partly evolved from sex offender studies where offenders reported that they targeted children who they perceived as more compliant and less likely to disclose (Budin and Johnson, 1989).…”

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School-based child sexual abuse prevention programmes: The evidence on effectiveness

Barron

Topping

2008

Journal of Children's Services

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This narrative review explored the efficacy of school-based child sexual abuse prevention programmes between 1990 and 2002. There were 22 efficacy studies which met clear inclusion criteria. Results covered both methodological design and the range of outcome measures. Methodology was analysed through four dimensions (target population, prevention programme implementation, evaluation methodology and cost-effectiveness). Outcomes for children covered nine categories (knowledge, skills, emotion, perception of risk, touch discrimination, reported response to actual threat/abuse, disclosure, negative effects and maintenance of gains). The studies had many methodological limitations. Prevention programmes had a measure of effectiveness in increasing children's awareness of child sexual abuse as well as selfprotective skills. There was no evidence to demonstrate that programmes protected children from intra-familial sexual abuse. For a small number of children prevention programmes produced minimal negative emotional effects. Recommendations for future research and policy and practice were provided.

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“…Prevention programs typically promote strategies of verbal resistance and public acknowledgment of the abuse (Reppucci et al, 1998). These strategies were developed, in part, because studies of sex offenders indicated that they targeted children who they thought would be more compliant and easily persuaded not to disclose (Budin & Johnson, 1989;Conte, Wolf, & Smith, 1989).…”

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Do elementary school-based child abuse prevention programs work? A high school follow-up

Cosden

2001

Psychol. Schs.

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Despite the widespread use of school-based abuse prevention programs, few studies support their effectiveness in helping children avoid victimization. Most studies that evaluate prevention programs measure changes in children's knowledge and not subsequent behavior. Further, the link between knowledge, behavior, and the ability to avoid or reduce victimization has not been established. In this study the impact of a school-based prevention program was assessed by surveying students at a high school in southern California where students from feeder elementary and junior high schools were known to have had abuse prevention programs available to them. Data were collected anonymously on 137 high school students during their Health class. A quasi-experimental design was utilized, comparing the 72 students who had attended one or more school-based abuse prevention program with the 65 who stated they had not participated in a prevention program. Demographic similarities between the two groups were established. Students who attended prevention programs were more knowledgeable about abuse concepts and reported fewer incidents of abuse. However, the effectiveness of students' responses to abuse, even when they were using strategies taught by the prevention programs, was variable. Questions about the effectiveness of these strategies with familial and nonfamilial abuse are discussed.

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Child sexual abuse prevention programs that target young children.

Cited by 14 publications

References 25 publications

Knowledge of Taiwanese Parents Regarding Child Sexual Abuse

Knowledge of Taiwanese Parents Regarding Child Sexual Abuse

School-based child sexual abuse prevention programmes: The evidence on effectiveness

Do elementary school-based child abuse prevention programs work? A high school follow-up

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