Walsh, K., Zwi, K., Woolfenden, S., & Shlonsky, A.2017-03-222017-03-222016Walsh, K., Zwi, K., Woolfenden, S., & Shlonsky, A. (2016). Assessing the effectiveness of school-based sexual abuse prevention programs. Family Matters, (97), 5.https://aifs.gov.au/publications/family-matters/issue-97/assessing-effectiveness-school-based-sexual-abuse-prevention-programshttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3274This article highlights the importance of systematic reviews for research synthesis, with the strength of this approach demonstrated through the authors’ recent Cochrane review into the effectiveness of school-based programs for the prevention of child sexual abuse. It describes the features of evaluation studies and the differences between systematic reviews and more traditional literature reviews, before summarising the findings of their recent Cochrane review.ensexual abusepreventionschool based programsefficacyAustraliaInternational ResourcesArticle