Evaluation of a School-Based Child Abuse Prevention Program

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ID12385870
AuthorsSurjit Singh Dhooper (University of Kentucky, corresponding author), Phyllis L Schneider (Family Nurturing Center of Kentucky, Edgewood, KY)
Year1995
Volume5
Issue1
Pages36-46
Publication date1995-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueResearch on Social Work Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-7315 • E-ISSN: 1552-7581
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/104973159500500104
OpenAlexW2027897758
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited9

This article reports the results of an evaluation study of a school-based educational child abuse prevention program using a quasi-expetimental design. Seven hundred ninety-six (796) children, both male and female, at three grade levels, and from nine public and parochial schools participated in the study. Following the presentation of the educational program, an impressive increase in the posttest mean score on a child abuse questionnaire of the treatment group occurred, differences between the posttest mean scores of the treatment and control groups being statistically significant. There was no significant difference between male and female children in their need for and benefit from the program. At the lower grade level, the program was needed more and the gain was greater

Child abuse · Environmental health · Family medicine · Poison control · Program evaluation · Significant difference · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Clinical Psychology · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology

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