Prevention of child sexual abuse: Evaluation of a community media campaign

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 352-363

  Rheingold, Alyssa A ^a,b   Campbell, Carole ^a   Self Brown, Shannon ^a   De Arellano, Michael ^a   Resnick, Heidi ^a   Kilpatrick, Dean ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Mass media; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL MARKETING; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAMPHLETS; PARENTS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SOCIAL MARKETING; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35248878703     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559507305994     Document Type: Article

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