title: Curriculum Development Around Parenting Strategies to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Program Collaboration Between Families Matter! and Global Dialogues.
abstract: Despite widespread recognition of child sexual abuse as a serious problem in sub-Saharan Africa, few far-reaching programmatic interventions addressing child sexual abuse in this setting are currently available, and those interventions that do exist tend to focus on response rather than prevention. The Families Matter! Program is an evidence-based intervention for parents and caregivers of 9- to 12-year-olds in sub-Saharan African countries which promotes positive parenting practices and effective parent-child communication about sex-related issues. This article describes the enhancement of a new Families Matter! Program session on child sexual abuse, drawing on authentic narratives contributed by young people to the Global Dialogues from Africa youth scriptwriting competitions. Experiences are shared with a view to informing the development of interventions addressing child sexual abuse in sub-Saharan Africa.
authors.affiliation: a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Division of Global HIV/AIDS , Atlanta , GA , USA.
authors.forename: Kim S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: b Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health , Emory University , Atlanta , GA , USA.
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Winskell
authors.affiliation: b Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health , Emory University , Atlanta , GA , USA.
authors.forename: Kaitlyn L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Pruitt
authors.affiliation: a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Division of Global HIV/AIDS , Atlanta , GA , USA.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saul
mesh_terms: D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior
keywords: HIV prevention; child sexual abuse; curriculum development; gender-based violence; parenting; parent–child communication; preadolescence; sexual violence