Prevention of child sexual abuse in China: Knowledge, attitudes, and communication practices of parents of elementary school children

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 747-755

  Chen, JingQi ^a   Dunne, Michael P ^b   Han, Ping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse (CSA); China; Parent child communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHINA; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL EDUCATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHINA; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS;

EID: 34547700454     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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