@article{ref1,
title="Evaluation of Safer, Smarter Kids: child sexual abuse prevention curriculum for kindergartners",
journal="Child and adolescent social work journal",
year="2016",
author="Brown, Donna M.",
volume="34",
number="3",
pages="213-222",
abstract="This study assessed the effectiveness of the Safer, Smarter Kids kindergarten sexual abuse prevention curriculum in meeting its educational objectives of increasing children's knowledge of safety risks and self-protection strategies. The study utilized a two-phase non-probability convenience sample of public school kindergarten students. The sample consisted of 1169 students in four school districts in Florida. Using an alpha level of.05, a paired-samples t test was calculated to compare the mean pretest scores to the mean posttest scores of the youth participants. The mean difference was significantly greater than zero (p-value ≤.001). The measurement instrument used to assess student gains functioned well in terms of reliability (α =.82). The effect size was large with a Cohen's d effect size of 1.09. The results indicated that completion of the Safer, Smarter Kids curriculum was followed by a significant increase in students' knowledge of key prevention concepts with a 77 % increase in scores post intervention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0738-0151",
doi="10.1007/s10560-016-0458-0",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10560-016-0458-0"
}