“Prevention Alone Is Not Enough:” Stakeholders’ Perspectives About School-based Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Prevention Programs and CSA Research in China
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2020
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Abstract
While existing studies have examined the effectiveness of school-based child
sexual abuse (CSA) prevention programs in China, there is currently little
qualitative evidence on how stakeholders view these programs and research
on CSA in China more generally. To address this research gap, the aims of
this study were to explore stakeholders’ perspectives on: (a) school-based
CSA prevention programs in China; (b) the components of these programs;
(c) CSA research in China. Qualitative semi-structured interviews were
conducted with 21 participants in Beijing and a county under Lanzhou City,
China. Interview transcripts were systematically coded and emerging themes
were developed from the codes. An inductive thematic analysis approach
was utilized to analyze the interview data. Participants’ perspectives on
school-based CSA prevention programs included: (a) recognition of the
importance of school-based CSA prevention programs; (b) fear about
a possible negative impact on children participating in such programs;
(c) assessment that school-based CSA prevention programs alone are not
enough to prevent CSA. Components that participants thought needed
to be part of Chinese school-based CSA prevention programs were: (a)
content regarding online-facilitated CSA; (b) the use of a rights-based
approach; and (c) greater parental and community involvement. Participants
also identified factors that have both fostered the implementation of CSA
research (e.g., the growing awareness of CSA in the central government)
and prevented researchers from effectively conducting CSA research:
(a) lack of national data; (b) inadequate government support; and (c) barriers
to research collaboration among organizations. The findings indicate that
while CSA prevention programs are on the whole regarded positively by
key stakeholders in China, a number of important concerns were identified.
Our study highlighted a number of ways in which future CSA prevention
programs and research on CSA could be strengthened in the Chinese
context.
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child sexual abuse, treatment, intervention, prevention, China, International Resources, research
Citation
Lu, M., Barlow, J., Meinck, F., & Wu, Y. (2020). “Prevention Alone Is Not Enough:” Stakeholders’ Perspectives About School-based Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Prevention Programs and CSA Research in China. Journal of interpersonal violence, 0886260520959630.