School-based education programmes for the prevention of child sexual abuse

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Walsh, Kerryann ^a   Zwi, Karen ^b   Woolfenden, Susan ^c   Shlonsky, Aron ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEAR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELECTION BIAS; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84929487539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004380.pub3     Document Type: Review

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