Evaluation of the effects of child sexual abuse prevention policies on adult perpetrated child sexual abuse

摘要 目前的提案寻求严格评估预防政策方法的影响。 关于成年人实施儿童性虐待(CSA)的初级预防。具体地说，这 提案响应研究优先事项3：社区或社会层面的方法(即， 针对增加或缓冲的设置的特征的计划、政策或做法 通过编目和严格评估国家政策(即，学校- 根据CSA教育法和其他相关政策)与预防CSA相关。 向成人和儿童传授环孢素A的体征和症状的计划，以及 报告CSA担忧的策略，有更多参与者的有希望的证据 知识和技能(Walsh等人，2018年；Gushwa，Bernier和Robinson，2019；Letourneau， Nietert和Rheingold，2016)。因此，34个州和华盛顿特区有以学校为基础的法规 鼓励或强制学校向成人和/或儿童提供CSA培训(足够的虐待 运动和防止虐待儿童，美国，2021年)。到目前为止，很少有人对 这些国家政策确定它们是否在人口层面产生了预期的效果 CSA的减少(Rosenzweig和Hiner，2020)。目前的提案试图弥合这一差距。 在本合作协议的A部分(即第一年和第二年)，我们将形成一项研究- 实践-政策伙伴关系(RPPP)(目标A1)，与研究人员、政策专家、CSA 专业人士，以及那些在CSA方面拥有丰富经验的人，为各州的政策提供信息 景观评估(目标A2)和科学文献范围审查(目标A3) CSA预防政策的主题。聘请“研究顾问委员会”的具体计划 (即RPPP)列在创新科之下。A组分的产品将制造 独立的科学贡献，将向研究小组提供必要的数据 (即自变量)，用于我们在组件B中进行严格的政策分析。 (即，从第3年到第5年)，我们建议严格评估 校本CSA教育法(目标B1)及其变化(目标B2)及其审查 其他CSA政策(目标B3)跨州关于CSA和其他 虐待儿童的形式。通过评估与校本CSA相关的影响 教育法及其在各州的变化，我们的结果将提供科学证据 这些预防政策是否对CSA和其他儿童产生了预期的效果 虐待后果。

Abstract The current proposal seeks to rigorously evaluate prevention policy approaches for their impact on the primary prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA) perpetrated by adults. Specifically, this proposal is responsive to Research Priority 3: Community- or societal-level approaches (i.e., programs, policies, or practices that target characteristics of settings that increase or buffer against the risk for violence) by cataloguing and rigorously evaluating state policies (i.e., school- based CSA education laws and other relevant policies) associated with the prevention of CSA. Programs that teach adults and children about the signs and symptoms of CSA, along with strategies to report concerns of CSA, have promising evidence for increasing participant knowledge and skills (Walsh et al., 2018; Gushwa, Bernier, & Robinson, 2019; Letourneau, Nietert, & Rheingold, 2016). As such, 34 states and D.C. have school-based statutes that encourage or mandate schools to provide CSA training to adults and/or children (Enough Abuse Campaign & Prevent Child Abuse America, 2021). To date, there is very little evaluation of these state policies to determine whether they are having the intended effect of population-level decreases in CSA (Rosenzweig, & Hiner, 2020). The current proposal seeks to close that gap. In Component A (i.e., Years 1 & 2) of this cooperative agreement, we will form a research- practice-policy partnership (RPPP) (Aim A1), with researchers, policy experts, CSA professionals, and those with lived expertise with CSA, to inform a state-by-state policy landscape assessment (Aim A2) and scoping review of the scientific literature (Aim A3) on the topic of CSA prevention policies. The specific plan for engaging the “Research Advisory Board” (i.e., RPPP) is included under the Innovation Section. The products of Component A will make independent scientific contributions and will provide the research team with the necessary data (i.e., independent variables) for our rigorous policy analysis in Component B. In Component B (i.e., Years 3 through 5) of this cooperative agreement, we propose to rigorously evaluate school-based CSA education laws (Aim B1) and their variation (Aim B2) as well as examine other CSA policies (Aim B3) across states on reports and substantiations for CSA and other forms of child maltreatment. By evaluating the effects associated with school-based CSA education laws and their variations across states, our results will provide scientific evidence as to whether these prevention policies are having their intended effect on CSA and other child maltreatment outcomes.