TY - JOUR PY - 1994// TI - Primary prevention of child sexual abuse: A critical review. Part II JO - Journal of child psychology and psychiatry A1 - MacMillan, H. L. A1 - MacMillan, J. H. A1 - Offord, D. R. A1 - Griffith, L. A1 - MacMillan, Angus SP - 857 EP - 876 VL - 35 IS - 5 N2 - This paper (Part II) and the previous paper (Part I) provide an overview of the primary prevention of child maltreatment. Part II focuses on the effectiveness of interventions aimed at the primary prevention of child sexual abuse. It includes prospective controlled trials published between January 1979 and May 1993. These studies were systematically identified and the quality of each trial was determined using criteria which assessed methodological rigor. Interventions aimed at the prevention of sexual abuse were classified into eight main categories based on the method of intervention. All programs had education as the primary focus. There is evidence that educational programs can improve safety skills and knowledge of children about sexual abuse but no study has produced data that education actually reduces the occurrence of sexual abuse.
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LA - en SN - 0021-9630 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -