The Brook Traffic Light Tool intends to support professionals in responding to developmentally inappropriate behaviours in children and young people. This is important as the number of reported harmful sexual behaviours in children and young people is rising. This study is a realistic evaluation of Brook Traffic Light Tool training implemented across a southern locality, using the Kirkpatrick model of evaluating training. Data were collected in a three‐phase mixed methods approach comprising 436 initial questionnaires, 60 additional detailed questionnaires and 13 interviews. The results show that confidence among professionals was raised and multiagency responses to risk were enhanced. The Traffic Light Tool training also increased awareness of sexual development. Direct impact upon the behaviour of children and young people was difficult to ascertain, and categorisation anomalies were found when behaviours were not explicitly outlined in the Traffic Light Tool. A range of professionals with little previous training had encountered both harmful and healthy sexual behaviours in children and young people. Comparison of the numbers of sexual behaviours observed to national figures proved problematic as no baseline or national strategy currently exists.

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评估儿童和年轻人的性行为：对Brook交通灯工具的现实评估

布鲁克交通信号灯工具旨在支持专业人员应对儿童和年轻人发育不当的行为。这一点很重要，因为据报儿童和年轻人中有害的性行为数量正在增加。这项研究是使用柯克帕特里克（Kirkpatrick）评估培训模型对在南部地区实施的布鲁克交通灯工具培训进行的现实评估。数据采用三相混合方法收集，包括436份初始问卷，60份其他详细问卷和13份访谈。结果表明，提高了专业人员之间的信心，并增强了对风险的多机构响应。红绿灯工具培训还提高了对性发展的认识。很难确定对儿童和青少年行为的直接影响，并且当在“交通信号灯工具”中未明确概述行为时，就会发现分类异常。之前未经培训的许多专业人员在儿童和年轻人中都遇到了有害和健康的性行为。由于目前不存在基准或国家战略，因此将观察到的性行为数量与国家数据进行比较存在问题。