Purpose

This study examined the Childhelp Speak Up Be Safe (CHSUBS) child abuse prevention curriculum for high school students and addressed a gap in evidence-based child maltreatment prevention programs. CHSUBS is grounded in theory and was developed to 1) provide students with the skills they need to prevent or interrupt child abuse, bullying, and neglect, and 2) increase student knowledge about safety related to abuse.

Methods

Utilizing a cluster-randomized controlled trial design, the three high schools were randomly assigned to participate in the CHSUBS curriculum or the control group. Survey items measured the efficacy of the curriculum in grades 9 through 12. Surveys were implemented at baseline, immediately after the intervention, and after 6 months for a follow-up. Analyses included exploratory factor analyses and a paired samples t–test to determine whether increases in child maltreatment knowledge and resistance skills were gained.

Results

Findings showed positive significant results that child maltreatment knowledge and resistance skills were significantly different from pre to post for the CHSUBS group and showed no significant control group changes.

Conclusions

High school students in the CHSUBS group appeared to gain both child maltreatment knowledge and resistance skills. Future studies on prevention programming for high school students might show results that lead to a reduction in child maltreatment and an increase in better health outcomes for adolescents.

中文翻译：

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评估高中生预防儿童虐待儿童安全课程中的儿童救助说出的效果

目的

这项研究审查了针对高中生的“防止儿童救助大声说出（CHSUBS）”儿童预防课程，并解决了基于证据的儿童虐待预防计划中的空白。CHSUBS的理论基础已发展为：1）为学生提供预防或打断虐待，欺凌和忽视儿童所需的技能，以及2）增加学生对与虐待相关的安全性的知识。

方法

利用集群随机对照试验设计，将这三所中学随机分配到CHSUBS课程或对照组中。调查项目测量了9至12年级课程的有效性。调查在基线时，干预后立即进行，并在6个月后进行随访。分析包括探索性因素分析和成对的t检验样本，以确定是否增加了儿童虐待知识和抵抗能力。

结果

研究结果显示积极的积极结果表明，CHSUBS组的儿童虐待知识和抵抗技能前后差异显着，对照组无显着变化。

结论

CHSUBS组的高中生似乎同时获得了虐待儿童的知识和抵抗力的技能。未来针对高中生预防计划的研究可能会显示出导致减少对儿童的虐待和改善青少年健康状况的结果。