title: Evaluation of an innovative tool for child sexual abuse education.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, USA. deborah.davis@louisville.edu
authors.forename: Deborah Winders
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pressley-McGruder
authors.forename: V Faye
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Potter
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rowland
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Currie
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gale
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011577:Psychodrama / Q000379:methods*; D036301:Qualitative Research