Kenny Maureen C, Wurtele Sandy K, Alonso Laura
Department of Leadership & Professional Studies, College of Education, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
J Child Sex Abus. 2012;21(4):368-85. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2012.675426.
This study evaluated a personal safety educational program designed for Latino families attending preschools in a large metropolis. Seventy-eight children who participated in the Kids Learning About Safety program were compared to 45 control children. Compared with controls, participating children demonstrated enhanced ability to recognize inappropriate touches, learned correct genital terminology, were able to recognize the inappropriateness of touch requests made by "good" people, demonstrated higher levels of personal safety skills, and learned general safety rules. Gains in knowledge were maintained at three-month follow-up testing for all content areas except genital terminology. Although feedback provided by participating families was positive, recruiting participants and maintaining attendance at sessions was difficult. Discussion includes recommendations for future research and engagement of this population.
本研究评估了一项为在一个大都市上幼儿园的拉丁裔家庭设计的个人安全教育项目。将参加“儿童学习安全”项目的78名儿童与45名对照儿童进行了比较。与对照组相比，参与项目的儿童表现出更强的识别不当触摸的能力，学会了正确的生殖器术语，能够识别“好人”提出的触摸请求的不当之处，表现出更高水平的个人安全技能，并学会了一般安全规则。除生殖器术语外，所有内容领域在三个月的随访测试中知识增益均得以保持。尽管参与项目的家庭提供的反馈是积极的，但招募参与者并维持其参加课程却很困难。讨论内容包括对未来针对该人群的研究和参与方式的建议。
