@article{ref1,
title="Effectiveness of child sexual abuse prevention programs on knowledge acquisition: a meta-analytical study",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2023",
author="Ferragut, Marta and Cerezo, M. Victoria and Ortiz-Tallo, Margarita and Rodríguez-Fernández, Raquel",
volume="146",
number="",
pages="e106489-e106489",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a type of maltreatment considered a global health problem. CSA is a traumatic experience with important consequences for the victim's health. It is essential to report the effectiveness of CSA prevention programs to offer society useful tools to combat this abuse. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: We aimed to study the effectiveness of CSA prevention programs on the knowledge acquisition based on comparing pre- and post-treatment changes, and also if their effectiveness is related to program-related and methodological variables. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTINGS: Standardised mean change (with studies that report pre-post program measures) of the effectiveness of CSA prevention programs published between 2014 and 2021 was carried out. <br><br>METHODS: The general effectiveness of these programs and whether the results were influenced by program-related variables (the duration, the target population, participants' age, or the type of intervention) or by methodology-related factors (the agent who taught them, the geographical area where they were carried out or the way the programs were evaluated) were analysed. A total of 43 samples analysing knowledge about CSA as a dependent variable were included. <br><br>RESULTS: The results reported a combined effect size considered large (d(MR) = -0.96, 95 % CI [-1.10, -0.82], p < .001). High inter-study heterogeneity was observed in the meta-analysis, although only the geographic area where the studies were conducted appears as a significant moderator. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, the prevention programs included in this analysis significantly improved the participants' knowledge acquisition.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106489",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106489"
}