Knowledge Gains from the Implementation of a Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program and the Future of School-Based Prevention Education.

IF 1.4 4区 心理学 Q3 FAMILY STUDIES
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse Pub Date : 2023-07-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-03 DOI:10.1080/10538712.2023.2268618
Kate Guastaferro, Stacey L Shipe, Christian M Connell, Jacqueline L Holloway, Mary L Pulido, Jennie G Noll
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Abstract

School-based child sexual abuse (CSA) programs effectively increase students' CSA-related knowledge. This study focuses on an implementation trial of Safe Touches, an empirically supported, school-based CSA prevention program, that was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We sought to demonstrate gains in CSA-related knowledge following Safe Touches but were limited to a pre-post design. A total of 2,210 students across five counties in a Mid-Atlantic state received the Safe Touches workshop between September 2019 and March 2020. McNemar's chi-square test was used to assess changes in the proportion of correct responses pre-workshop (Time 1) and one-week post-workshop (Time 2). Students' CSA-related knowledge increased significantly based on changes in mean CSA knowledge scores and the number of correct item-level responses assessed at Time 1 and Time 2 (p < .000). Leveraging the experience of the facilitators' who delivered these workshops prior to the disruption of implementation, we gathered facilitators' perspectives to explore the viability of offering Safe Touches virtually. In July 2020, 16 facilitators completed an electronic survey designed to understand the viability of a virtual Safe Touches workshop. Three themes emerged from facilitator feedback on virtual programming: student engagement concerns, handling disclosures, and technology access to a virtual program. The findings of this study indicate that the Safe Touches workshop significantly increased CSA-related knowledge and, overall, facilitators supported further exploration and development of a virtual Safe Touches workshop. The transition of empirically supported school-based CSA prevention programs to a virtual delivery modality is necessary to maintain an effective means of primary prevention and opportunity for disclosure.

从实施儿童性虐待预防计划中获得的知识和学校预防教育的未来。
基于学校的儿童性虐待(CSA)项目有效地增加了学生的CSA相关知识。这项研究的重点是安全触摸的实施试验,这是一项经验支持的、以学校为基础的CSA预防计划,受到新冠肺炎大流行的干扰。我们试图证明安全触摸后CSA相关知识的进步,但仅限于后期设计。2019年9月至2020年3月,大西洋中部一个州的五个县共有2210名学生参加了安全触摸研讨会。McNemar卡方检验用于评估研讨会前(时间1)和研讨会后一周(时间2)正确回答比例的变化。根据平均CSA知识得分的变化以及在时间1和时间2评估的正确项目水平回答的数量,学生的CSA相关知识显著增加(p 虚拟安全触摸。2020年7月,16名主持人完成了一项电子调查,旨在了解虚拟安全触摸研讨会的可行性。辅导员对虚拟程序的反馈中出现了三个主题:学生参与问题、处理披露和虚拟程序的技术访问。这项研究的结果表明,安全触摸研讨会显著增加了CSA相关知识,总体而言,主持人支持进一步探索和开发虚拟安全触摸研讨会。有必要将经验支持的基于学校的CSA预防计划转变为虚拟交付模式,以保持有效的初级预防手段和披露机会。
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CiteScore
3.20
自引率
10.50%
发文量
38
期刊介绍: The Journal of Child Sexual Abuse is interdisciplinary and provides an essential interface for researchers, academicians, attorneys, clinicians, and practitioners. The journal advocates for increased networking in the sexual abuse field, greater dissemination of information and research, a higher priority for this international epidemic, and development of effective assessment, intervention, and prevention programs. Divided into sections to provide clear information, the journal covers research issues, clinical issues, legal issues, prevention programs, case studies, and brief reports, focusing on three subject groups - child and adolescent victims of sexual abuse or incest, adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse or incest, and sexual abuse or incest offenders.
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