Teachers' knowledge, attitudes and experience in sexual abuse prevention education in El Salvador
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15540720 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alicia Hurtado (0000-0002-1296-0290, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, corresponding author), Craig L Katz (0000-0002-5119-0292, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Dianne Ciro (0000-0002-0088-2504, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Daniel Guttfreund |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1075-1086 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-1692 • E-ISSN: 1744-1706 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17441692.2013.839729 |
| PMID | 24172028 |
| OpenAlex | W1997983274 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 13 |
Research on how to prevent child sexual abuse (CSA) in developing nations is practically non-existent. We sought to determine Salvadoran teachers' knowledge, attitudes, experience and barriers to CSA detection and reporting to assess the need for a CSA prevention programme and to assess barriers in conducting such a programme. One hundred teachers completed a questionnaire while they visited the Tin Marin Children's Museum in San Salvador. Nineteen of these teachers also participated in a focus group. We found that 89% of teachers reported at least two signs and symptoms of child abuse. One hundred per cent of teachers agreed that it is their responsibility to teach students about sexual abuse. Unusual for a study of this kind, parental migration was mentioned as making children vulnerable to CSA, and fear of gang violence and retribution was identified as interfering with teachers' ability to protect children. We conclude that Salvadoran teachers were knowledgeable about CSA detection and reporting and would support a programme in which they are trained to speak to their students about this topic. Barriers to reporting child abuse, such as teachers' safety and fear, need to be addressed in future CSA prevention programmes
Child abuse · Child sexual abuse · Environmental health · Family medicine · Focus group · Medical education · Poison control · Sexual abuse · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |