Programming for preventing sexual abuse and abduction: what does it mean when it works?
Many kinds of educational programs and other approaches to teaching children about the dangers of sexual abuse and abduction by strangers can have the "side effect" of creating new anxieties in the children. The program described in this article is effective without introducing negative, anxiety-producing stories, examples, and other warnings.
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Health Education Systems and Coalition for Children, Palisades, NY.
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D000056:Accident Prevention; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003210:Concept Formation; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D012381:Role Playing; D012449:Safety; D012649:Self Concept