Evaluation of Circles of Safety? for the Primary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse

PI：光明项目摘要第1页，共1页 项目摘要 美国备受瞩目的案例表明，体育/田径是儿童性行为的潜在“危险区域” 滥用(CSA)。虽然大多数运动员不会在他们的运动背景下受到性虐待，但在某些方面 运动/田径运动的风险确实对CSA造成了独特的风险。在拟议的研究中，我们进行了第一批 青年体育背景下CSA初级预防策略的随机试验。 我们将与安全®初级预防计划圈的创建者Stop It Now！和美国合作 足球(USAF)，一个为100多万青年运动员提供服务的国家业余足球管理机构 这场审判。安全圈®是儿童性虐待(CSA)的主要预防计划，提供直接 对与青年互动的组织领导人和成年人进行教育，为以下对象定制网站内容 为青少年服务的组织，以及为所有受CSA影响的个人提供的帮助热线服务，不仅包括 受害者及其家人，以及认为他们可能已经或将会性侵儿童的个人。 尽管已经被交付给了数百个组织，包括数千个人， 2011年，Circle of Safe®尚未就其在初级预防中的有效性进行严格评估 CsA。我们建议的安全®圈子评估将提供这一亟需的证据。 头两年的研究将致力于建立一个由社区合作伙伴组成的研究咨询委员会 和利益攸关方，试行招聘测试措施和战略，并获得IRB的批准。在 在过去的三年里，我们将进行一项整群随机试验，以评估安全®预防循环 CsA。至少30个隶属于为数千名青年服务的美国空军的联赛将被随机分配到 两组中的一组(安全®或等待列表控制的圈)。参与者将包括联盟领导层和 教练。联系追踪战略将致力于让父母和其他成年人参与所服务的青少年的生活。 主要结果包括在青年运动员中接受CSA以及保护性和不适当的 教练和联盟领导人的行为。次要结果包括CsA知识的变化， 自我效能感在识别和解决CSA以及资源寻找行为上的作用。 研究小组是在梅丽莎博士的领导下，为确保该项目的成功而独特设计的 在大卫·芬克尔霍尔博士的指导下表现出色。我们聚集了儿童发展、暴力方面的专家 针对儿童、方案评估方法和实施科学。

PI: BRIGHT Project Abstract Page 1 of 1 PROJECT ABSTRACT High profile cases in the US have illuminated sports/athletics as a potential “danger zone” for child sexual abuse (CSA). Although most athletes will not be sexually abused in the context of their sport, some aspects of sports/athletics do create unique risk for CSA. In the proposed study, we conduct one of the first randomized trials of a CSA primary prevention strategy in the context of youth sport. We will partner with Stop it Now!, the creator of primary prevention program Circles of Safety®, and USA Football (USAF), a national governing body for amateur football serving over 1M youth athletes to conduct this trial. Circles of Safety® is a child sexual abuse (CSA) primary prevention program that provides direct education to organization leaders and adults who interact with youth, tailored website content for organizations that serve youth, and helpline services for all individuals affected by CSA including not only victims and their families but also individuals who think they may have or will sexually abuse a child. Despite having been delivered to hundreds of organizations comprising thousands of individuals since 2011, Circles of Safety® has not yet been rigorously evaluated for its efficacy in primary prevention of CSA. Our proposed evaluation of Circles of Safety® will provide this critically needed evidence. The first two study years will be dedicated to developing a Research Advisory Board of community partners and stakeholders, pilot testing measures and strategies for recruitment, and obtaining IRB approval. In the last three years, we will conduct a cluster randomized trial to evaluate Circles of Safety® for preventing CSA. At least 30 leagues affiliated with USAF serving thousands of youth will be randomly assigned to one of two groups (Circles of Safety® or waitlist control). Participants will include league leadership and coaches. Link tracing strategies will aim to engage parents and other adults in the lives of youth served. Primary outcomes include CSA among youth-athletes served as well as protective and inappropriate behaviors from coaches & league leaders. Secondary outcomes include changes in knowledge of CSA, perceived self-efficacy in identifying and addressing CSA, and resource seeking behavior. The study team is uniquely designed to ensure the success of this project, under the leadership of Dr. Melissa Bright with mentorship from Dr. David Finkelhor. We bring together experts in child development, violence against children, program evaluation methodology, and implementation science.