Child sexual abuse prevention programs: Evaluating who do you tell

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 869-881

  Tutty, Leslie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Research; Sexual abuse prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL ABUSE;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESEARCH; SCHOOLS;

EID: 0030787857     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(97)00048-3     Document Type: Article

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