Audit of primary school–based sexual abuse prevention policy and curriculum
Date
2017
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Publisher
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Abstract
In late 2013, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse sought an
audit of primary school–based sexual abuse prevention policies and curricula for children aged five
to 12 years relative to the current international evidence base.
We developed an audit tool for this project based on a comprehensive search of the literature on
guidelines for effective school-based child sexual abuse prevention education. Academic databases,
agencies and institutions, and grey literature were searched. No guidelines were found. The audit
tool was adapted from evidence-based frameworks in related areas including primary prevention,
health promotion and safe schools. We distilled 10 criteria and relevant guiding questions
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Keywords
child abuse, prevention, school based programs
Citation
Walsh, K. M., Brandon, L., & Kruck, L. A. J. (2017). Audit of primary school-based sexual abuse prevention policy and curriculum: Volumes 1 to 5: Report prepared for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.