Background Research on prevalence, risk factors, and prevention interventions for child
sexual abuse has continued to focus on western and developed countries. Where country …

Background Child sexual abuse is a significant global problem in both magnitude and
sequelae. The most widely used primary prevention strategy has been the provision of …

David Finkelhor examines initiatives to prevent child sexual abuse, which have focused on
two primary strategies—offender management and school-based educational programs …

Objective: To assess evidence of the effectiveness of school-based education programs for
the prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA). The programs deliver information about CSA …

Background In industrialised countries injuries (including burns, poisoning or drowning) are
the leading cause of childhood death and steep social gradients exist in child injury mortality …

Objective: The aim of this article was to provide data about the effects of child sexual abuse
prevention programs. A more specific aim was to estimate the contribution of potential …

During the past 25 years, North Americans have dramatically increased their awareness of
the extent of child sexual abuse and the serious consequences of such abuse for its victims …

The past decade has seen a dramatic increase in the attention paid to the problem of child
sexual abuse. Professionals from the social work, mental health, medical, academic, and …

Efforts to prevent child sexual abuse have taken a distinctly different path from efforts to
prevent the physical abuse of children. Currently, child sexual abuse prevention is virtually …

The purpose of this study was to compare teachers and parents as instructions of a personal
safety program. One hundred seventy-two Head Start preschoolers were randomly assigned …