Data from the Violence Against Children Surveys reveal alarming rates of child sexual abuse (CSA) in sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the critical need for public health programming to prevent and respond to this issue. This paper describes the results of the Families Matter! Program (FMP) pilot evaluation study conducted in two urban suburbs of Harare, Zimbabwe to measure the effect of a new FMP session about preventing and responding to CSA. FMP is an evidence-based intervention for parents of adolescents designed to promote positive parenting practices and effective parent–child communication about sexual risk reduction and HIV prevention. We applied a pre/post-prospective study design to assess changes in CSA-related indicators such as parental monitoring, parent–child communication about CSA, and ability to respond to instances of CSA. Parents and their children (ages 9–12) enrolled in the study as dyads and participated in two assessments administered via ACASI prior to and three months following the intervention, with 248 dyads completing both assessments. Parents and children reported significantly higher levels of parental monitoring (p < 1.001) and communication about CSA after the intervention (p < 0.001). Significantly more parents also reported conversations with people in their community about CSA (p < 0.001) and knowledge of where to access services if their child was abused (p < 0.001). The pilot evaluation suggests that FMP equipped parents with skills and knowledge to prevent and respond to CSA, and increased communication regarding CSA within communities, further normalizing the need to address and talk about child abuse, CSA in particular.

暴力侵害儿童行为调查的数据显示，撒哈拉以南非洲地区儿童性虐待的发生率令人震惊，这突出说明了制定公共卫生规划以预防和应对这一问题的迫切需要。本文介绍了家庭事务的结果！计划（FMP）试点评估研究在津巴布韦哈拉雷的两个城市郊区进行，以评估新的FMP会议对预防和应对CSA的影响。FMP是针对青少​​年父母的循证干预措施，旨在促进积极的父母养育做法以及有效的亲子沟通，以减少性风险和预防艾滋病。我们采用了前/后的研究设计来评估与CSA相关的指标的变化，例如父母监护，关于CSA的亲子沟通以及对CSA实例做出反应的能力。父母和他们的孩子（9至12岁）参加了这项研究，并参加了干预之前和之后三个月通过ACASI进行的两项评估，其中248项评估完成了两项评估。父母和孩子报告说父母监控水平显着提高（p  <1.001）和干预后有关CSA的沟通（p  <0.001）。显着更多的父母还报告说，他们与社区中的人们就CSA进行了对话（p  <0.001），以及如果孩子被虐待则知道在何处获得服务（p  <0.001）。初步评估表明，FMP为父母提供了预防和应对CSA的技能和知识，并增加了社区内部有关CSA的交流，进一步规范了解决和谈论虐待儿童的需求，尤其是CSA。