Helping children to the other side of silence: A study of the impact of the stay safe programme on Irish children's disclosures of sexual victimization

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1327-1340

  MacIntyre, Deirdre ^a   Carr, Alan ^b  

^a E Hlth Bd Child Abuse Prev Prog   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Child abuse prevention; Disclosure; Safety skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRELAND; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVENTION; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; IRELAND; MALE; SAFETY; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0032753938     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00097-6     Document Type: Article

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