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School-Based Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs: A Review of Effectiveness

Forfatter(e)
Topping, K. J. Barron, I. G.
År
2009
DOI
10.3102/0034654308325582
Tidsskrift
Review of Educational Research
Sider
431-463
Kategori(er)
Omsorgssvikt og overgrep
Tiltakstype(r)
Skole/barnehagebaserte tiltak
Abstract

In this systematic and critical review of purely school based child sexual abuse prevention program efficacy studies, 22 studies meeting the inclusion criteria differed by target population, program implementation, and evaluation methodology

Measured outcomes for children included knowledge, skills, emotion, risk perception, touch discrimination, reported response to actual threat or abuse, disclosure, maintenance of gains, and negative effects.

Many studies had methodological limitations (e.g., sampling problems, lack of adequate control groups, lack of reliable and valid measures).

However, most investigators claimed that their results showed significant impact in primary prevention (increasing all children's knowledge or awareness and/or abuse prevention skills).

There vas little evidence of change in disclosure. There was limited follow-up evidence of actual use and effectiveness of prevention skills, and the evidence for maintenance of gains was mixed.

Several programs reported some negative effects. Very few studies reported implementation fidelity, data, and no study reported cost-effectiveness. Implications for future research, policy, and practice are outlined.