Sexual Abuse Prevention Concept Knowledge: Low Income Children Are Learning but Still Lagging.

ABSTRACT: School-based child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention programs have proliferated since beginning over 30 years ago. Research on program effectiveness has emphasized summative outcomes while under-reporting implementation and process fidelity, limiting reliable comparisons across programs and populations. External validity is further limited by racially and economically homogenous samples, or a failure to report such demographics. This article presents data from a CSA prevention program delivered to 2nd and 3rd grade public school children. A formative concept and item level analysis on the Children's Knowledge of Abuse Questionnaire at baseline and four week follow-up, as well as fidelity and implementation data, are reported. Results show that children learn and retain certain concepts, but va

SUBMITTER: Holloway JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6328251 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature