Prevention of child sexual abuse: Implications of programme evaluation research

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 183-199

  MacIntyre, Deirdre ^a   Carr, Alan ^b  

^a Eastern Health Board and Child Abuse Prevention Programme   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Child abuse prevention; Evaluation; Safety skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040402143     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0852(200005/06)9:3<183::AID-CAR595>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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