Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Mental Health, United States.
FrameWorks Institute, United States.
Child Abuse Negl. 2021 Jul;117:105061. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105061. Epub 2021 Apr 9.
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is common, severe, and substantively contributes to the global burden of disease through its impact on physical, mental, and behavioral health problems. While CSA is preventable through non-justice system response efforts, the vast majority of resources support criminal justice efforts to identify, prosecute, punish and monitor offenders after CSA has already occurred. Policy makers have not supported CSA prevention efforts in part because the public does not view CSA as a preventable public health problem. Here, we describe a program of research to be conducted to bridge the gaps between expert and public opinion about CSA as a preventable public health problem. We propose such research use a three-step approach to alter the way experts communicate about CSA to increase audiences' understanding of CSA as preventable. The three steps are: 1) identify consensus expert and public perspectives about CSA and the differences between these perspectives; 2) develop and test communication strategies to align public with expert perspectives; and 3) broadly disseminate validated communication strategies. Through this approach, we seek to develop and disseminate an informed communications strategy that effectively and accurately translates the science of CSA prevention to the public and the media.
儿童性虐待（CSA）很常见，也很严重，通过对身体、心理和行为健康问题的影响，对全球疾病负担有实质性的贡献。虽然 CSA 可以通过非司法系统的应对措施来预防，但绝大多数资源都支持刑事司法努力，以便在 CSA 发生后识别、起诉、惩罚和监督犯罪者。政策制定者没有支持 CSA 预防工作，部分原因是公众认为 CSA 不是一个可以预防的公共卫生问题。在这里，我们描述了一个将开展的研究计划，以弥合专家和公众对 CSA 作为可预防的公共卫生问题的看法之间的差距。我们建议此类研究采用三步法来改变专家沟通 CSA 的方式，以增加受众对 CSA 可预防的理解。这三个步骤是：1）确定专家和公众对 CSA 的共识观点，以及这些观点之间的差异；2）制定和测试沟通策略，使公众与专家观点保持一致；3）广泛传播经过验证的沟通策略。通过这种方法，我们试图制定和传播一种明智的沟通策略，将 CSA 预防的科学有效地准确地传达给公众和媒体。
