Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University, Australia.
Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University, Australia.
Child Abuse Negl. 2020 Apr;102:104395. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104395. Epub 2020 Feb 13.
BACKGROUND: Research on prevalence, risk factors, and prevention interventions for child sexual abuse has continued to focus on western and developed countries. Where country-level prevalence data or large-scale research exists, rates of child sexual abuse are consistently higher in developing and non-western countries than their western and developed counterparts. OBJECTIVE: We systematically reviewed research on the nature of child sexual abuse interventions in developing countries, the settings and populations included to identify types of child sexual abuse prevention initiatives being implemented in developing countries and their effectiveness. METHODS: Following PRISMA guidelines, we conducted a systematic search of six databases and identified eight studies to include in our analysis. RESULTS: Most empirically evaluated interventions in developing countries have focused on preschool and primary school-aged children. Most have focused on interventions delivered in educational settings, with a lack of focus on population-level interventions to prevent child sexual abuse. Researchers have used outcomes measuring knowledge or skills for young people in self-protection and help-seeking, not deployment of those skills, actual reduction in prevalence of CSA, or improvements in conditions of safety in organizational contexts. CONCLUSIONS: If the focus on school-based strategies to prevent child sexual abuse continues in developing countries, a significant gap in knowledge of the efficacy of population-level interventions outside of school contexts, and consistency across the application of interventions will remain. Evaluations are needed that address the efficacy of broader government-led or whole-of-community prevention interventions to reduce actual prevalence of child sexual abuse, or that can link increased knowledge and skill with reduced victimization.
背景:儿童性虐待的流行率、风险因素和预防干预措施的研究一直集中在西方国家和发达国家。在存在国家级流行率数据或大规模研究的地方,发展中国家和非西方国家的儿童性虐待发生率始终高于西方国家和发达国家。 目的:我们系统地回顾了发展中国家儿童性虐待干预措施的性质、纳入的研究场所和人群,以确定在发展中国家实施的儿童性虐待预防举措的类型及其效果。 方法:根据 PRISMA 指南,我们对六个数据库进行了系统搜索,确定了八项研究进行分析。 结果:发展中国家大多数经过实证评估的干预措施都集中在学龄前和小学年龄的儿童。大多数干预措施都集中在教育环境中进行,而缺乏针对预防儿童性虐待的人群层面干预措施的关注。研究人员使用了衡量年轻人自我保护和寻求帮助方面知识或技能的结果,而不是这些技能的实际应用、实际减少 CSA 的流行率,或改善组织环境中的安全条件。 结论:如果发展中国家继续关注基于学校的策略来预防儿童性虐待,那么在学校环境之外的人群层面干预措施的效果以及干预措施的一致性方面仍存在重大知识差距。需要进行评估,以确定更广泛的政府主导或整个社区预防干预措施减少实际儿童性虐待流行率的效果,或者能够将知识和技能的提高与受害的减少联系起来。
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