Prevenção primária de abuso sexual : avaliação da eficácia de um programa com adolescentes e pré-adolescentes em ambiente escolar.
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2007-03-30Autor
Padilha, Maria da Graça Saldanha
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This study was aimed at evaluating the efficacy of a child sexual abuse primary
prevention program conducted in the school setting. The first part of the study was
aimed at verifying low-income parents' conceptions about child sexual abuse. Sixtythree
parents residents of the school's community where the prevention program was
done participated of the study. Participants answered a Questionnaire on Child Abuse
Conceptions. Results showed that parents where knowledgeable about child sexual
abuse, although some of their conceptions could be altered to increase their child
protection of at risk situations repertoire. The second part of the study had as a goal to
evaluate a child sexual abuse primary prevention program in the school setting of the
same community involved in the initial part of the study. Sixty two grade 6 students (30
female and 32 male) of a rural community in the Metropolitan area of Curitiba, Paraná
participated o the intervention. The second part of the study had the following sequence:
a Pre-Test (conducted one week prior to the intervention), Intervention (12 weekly
sessions), a Post-Test (after the intervention), and a Follow-up (conducted 18 months
after the program). A Questionnaire on Child Sexual Abuse was given in three of the
occasions mentioned above. The 10 intervention sessions of one-and-a-half hour each
involved social skills training, discussions on sexuality, discrimination of abusive
situations, and self-protection skills training. The repertoire to be installed involved
discrimination of risk, responding in an assertive way to the offender, leaving the
situation and reporting it to a reliable adult. Analysis of students´ group performance in
the three phases of the study indicated an increase after the intervention, which was
maintained after 18 months, although with a small decrease. Of the four factors
measured by the Questionnaire knowledge on sexual abuse, discrimination of at risk
situations, saying no , and leaving the situation quickly, and reporting the abuse to a
reliable adult the factor on sexual abuse knowledge had significant increases in Post-
Test and Follow-Up. General performance was significantly different, pointing out to
the efficacy of the intervention as measured by the Questionnaire. In general, data
seems to indicate an improvement in students´ repertoire of self-protective skills in
situations at risk of child sexual abuse. The promising results point out to the feasibility
of school prevention of child sexual abuse in the school setting.