Parent-Focused Sexual Abuse Prevention: Results From a Cluster Randomized Trial

Parent-Focused Sexual Abuse Prevention: Results From a Cluster Randomized Trial

Kate Guastaferro, John M. Felt, Sarah A. Font

Researchers tested whether a child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention program, Smart-Parents-Safe and Healthy Kids (SPSHK), could be implemented as an additional module in evidence-based parent training and whether the added module might detract from the efficacy of the original program. Multilevel analyses revealed significant group by time interactions for both awareness and behaviors (ps < .0001), indicating the PAT+SPSHK group had significantly greater awareness of CSA and used protective behaviors more often (which were maintained at follow-up) compared to the PAT-AU group.