Curriculum Development Around Parenting Strategies to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Program Collaboration Between Families Matter! and Global Dialogues

Despite widespread recognition of child sexual abuse as a serious problem in sub-Saharan Africa, few far-reaching programmatic interventions addressing child sexual abuse in this setting are currently available, and those interventions that do exist tend to focus on response rather than prevention....

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Published in:Journal of child sexual abuse 2015-11, Vol.24 (8), p.839-852
Main Authors: Miller, Kim S., Winskell, Kate, Pruitt, Kaitlyn L., Saul, Janet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abused children
Abused young people
Africa South of the Sahara
Caregivers
Child
Child abuse & neglect
Child Abuse, Sexual - prevention & control
Child development
Child sexual abuse
Childrearing practices
Children
Communication
Cooperation
Curricula
Curriculum development
Development strategies
Evidence based
Evidence-based practice
Female
gender-based violence
HIV prevention
Humans
Intervention
Male
Models, Organizational
Narratives
parent-child communication
Parent-Child Relations
parenting
Parents & parenting
Parents - education
preadolescence
Prevention
Prevention programs
Primary Prevention - methods
Program Evaluation
Risk Reduction Behavior
Sex crimes
Sexual abuse
sexual violence
Youth
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Summary:Despite widespread recognition of child sexual abuse as a serious problem in sub-Saharan Africa, few far-reaching programmatic interventions addressing child sexual abuse in this setting are currently available, and those interventions that do exist tend to focus on response rather than prevention. The Families Matter! Program is an evidence-based intervention for parents and caregivers of 9- to 12-year-olds in sub-Saharan African countries which promotes positive parenting practices and effective parent-child communication about sex-related issues. This article describes the enhancement of a new Families Matter! Program session on child sexual abuse, drawing on authentic narratives contributed by young people to the Global Dialogues from Africa youth scriptwriting competitions. Experiences are shared with a view to informing the development of interventions addressing child sexual abuse in sub-Saharan Africa.
ISSN:1053-8712
1547-0679
DOI:10.1080/10538712.2015.1088913