Evaluation of an Innovative Tool for Child Sexual Abuse Education
Deborah Winders Davisa b✉, Gloria Pressley-McGrudera b, Veronnie Faye Jonesa b, Deborah Anne Pottera b, Michael L. Rowlanda b, Melissa L. Curriea b, Bruce M. Galea b
- aUniversity of Louisville
- bUniversity of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- ✉Corresponding author
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Abstract
Child sexual abuse poses a serious threat to public health and is often unreported, unrecognized, and untreated. Prevention, early recognition, and treatment are critically important to reduce long-term effects. Little data are available on effective methods of preventing child sexual abuse. The current research demonstrates a unique approach to promoting awareness and stimulating discussion about child sexual abuse. Qualitative methods have rarely been used to study child sexual abuse prevention. Qualitative inductive analyses of interviews from 20 key informants identified both positive and negative assessments with six emergent themes. The themes revealed inherent tensions in using narrative accounts to represent the complex cultural context within which child sexual abuse occurs. More research is needed, but the program shows potential as a methodology to raise awareness of child sexual abuse.
TL;DRQualitative inductive analyses of interviews from 20 key informants identified both positive and negative assessments with six emergent themes and revealed inherent tensions in using narrative accounts to represent the complex cultural context within which child sexual abuse occurs. (Semantic Scholar)