Piloting an Alternative Implementation Modality for a School-Based Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Curriculum
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedures
2.2. Safe Touches Workshop Delivery
2.3. Measures
2.3.1. CSA Questionnaire
2.3.2. Qualitative Feedback
2.4. Analytic Approach
3. Results
3.1. CSA-Related Knowledge
3.2. Teacher’s Perspective on the Safe Touches Workshop Delivery Modalities
3.3. Facilitator Perspective on the Two Delivery Modalities
“Classroom management is tricky. You have to set expectations right out of the gate, let them know what you’re going to be doing. And also, I think, being repetitive in a sense of you know, the skills in every, in the knowledge that you’re presenting to them, a lot of repeating a lot of letting them know what’s okay and what’s not okay.”
“You’re still using all the same discussion language that you want with the two facilitators and the live puppet show. So all of the discussion, all of that in-between things that you’re saying and talking to the students about is all the same.”
“Not really engaged, but in the classroom at the same time, you know, taking me from room to room. A lot of teachers use it as time that even if they’re in the classroom, they use it as time, you know, to do some other things that might need to be done.”
“There could be five disclosures missed if I’m not in the classroom doing a program like this. And I think the teacher has to be way more involved if I’m zooming into the classroom, I can’t call on students to answer a question, because I can only see three of them on the screen. And then it’s the teacher repeating, because I can’t hear.”
“I love that it is evidence-based. That it is exactly what schools and students need. A lot of other funding sources that some of these agencies across the state doing these funding sources have certain standards to meet. And even though this is evidence-based, it doesn’t meet the standards of some of those funding sources.”
“It’s also nice that I can go in for 40 min whatever the case is, deliver the program, and it truly is something that the students enjoy. But they’re also learning a lot of knowledge and skills that they can use for the rest of their life.”
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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CSA Questions | Safe Touches as Designed | One-Facilitator-Led Safe Touches | Δ Safe Touches as Designed–One-Facilitator-Led Safe Touches t * | ||||||
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(N = 490) | (N = 990) | ||||||||
False | In Between | True | Mean (SD) | False | In Between | True | Mean (SD) | ||
1. Cats are better than dogs. | 205 | 177 | 108 | 0.80 (0.78) | 397 | 416 | 176 | 0.78 (0.73) | −0.607 |
2. You have to let grown-ups touch you whether you like it or not. a | 271 | 117 | 99 | 1.35 (0.80) | 601 | 221 | 167 | 1.44 (0.77) | 1.966 * |
3. You can trust your feelings about whether a touch is good or bad. | 50 | 73 | 363 | 1.64 (0.66) | 128 | 173 | 684 | 1.56 (0.71) | −2.118 * |
4. I look forward to coming to school every day. | 58 | 139 | 291 | 1.48 (0.70) | 144 | 264 | 579 | 1.44 (0.73) | −0.934 |
5. It’s OK to say “no” and move away if someone touches you in a way you don’t like. | 57 | 42 | 383 | 1.68 (0.68) | 153 | 60 | 771 | 1.63 (0.74) | −1.247 |
6. A pat on the back from a teacher you like after you have done a good job at school is a safe touch. | 28 | 58 | 400 | 1.77 (0.54) | 47 | 107 | 834 | 1.80 (0.51) | 1.056 |
7. I have good friends in my classroom. | 42 | 69 | 374 | 1.68 (0.62) | 50 | 223 | 707 | 1.67 (0.57) | −0.433 |
8. You always have to keep secrets. a | 379 | 66 | 35 | 1.72 (0.59) | 848 | 72 | 66 | 1.79 (0.55) | 2.381 ** |
9. Someone you know, even a relative, might want to touch your private parts in a way that feels confusing. | 123 | 146 | 217 | 1.19 (0.82) | 223 | 291 | 471 | 1.25 (0.80) | 1.307 |
10. My school is a happy and safe place to be. | 26 | 89 | 371 | 1.71 (0.56) | 53 | 198 | 732 | 1.69 (0.57) | −0.611 |
Variables | Overall (N = 76) | Safe Touches as Designed (N = 23) | One Facilitator-Led Safe Touches (r = 53) |
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The workshop content was presented clearly. | |||
Strongly agree | 68 (89.5%) | 17 (73.9%) | 51 (96.2%) |
Agree | 8 (10.5%) | 6 (26.1%) | 2 (3.8%) |
Neutral | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
The children were engaged during the workshop. | |||
Strongly agree | 61 (80.3%) | 15 (65.2%) | 46 (86.8%) |
Agree | 14 (18.4%) | 7 (30.4%) | 7 (13.2%) |
Neutral | 1 (1.3%) | 1 (4.3%) | 0 (0.0%) |
The facilitators responded effectively to the children’s questions and comments. | |||
Strongly agree | 65 (85.5%) | 17 (73.9%) | 48 (90.6%) |
Agree | 10 (13.2%) | 6 (26.1%) | 4 (7.5%) |
Neutral | 1 (1.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.9%) |
My knowledge about sexual abuse prevention and body safety education has increased as a result of this workshop. | |||
Strongly agree | 32 (42.1%) | 10 (43.5%) | 22 (41.5%) |
Agree | 25 (39.9%) | 8 (34.8%) | 17 (32.1%) |
Neutral | 19 (25.0%) | 5 (21.7%) | 14 (26.4%) |
I will reinforce the sexual abuse prevention and body safety concepts taught in today’s workshop with these children. | |||
Strongly agree | 51 (67.1%) | 14 (60.9%) | 37 (69.8%) |
Agree | 21 (27.6%) | 7 (30.4%) | 14 (26.4%) |
Neutral | 4 (5.3%) | 2 (8.7%) | 2 (3.8%) |
I would recommend the Safe Touches workshop to my colleagues. | |||
Strongly agree | 61 (80.3%) | 16 (69.6%) | 45 (84.9%) |
Agree | 13 (17.1%) | 5 (21.7%) | 8 (15.1%) |
Neutral | 2 (2.6%) | 2 (8.7%) | 0 (0.0%) |
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Mozid, N.E.; Espinosa, R.N.; Grayson, C.; Falode, O.; Yang, Y.; Glaudin, C.; Guastaferro, K. Piloting an Alternative Implementation Modality for a School-Based Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Curriculum. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21, 149. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21020149
Mozid NE, Espinosa RN, Grayson C, Falode O, Yang Y, Glaudin C, Guastaferro K. Piloting an Alternative Implementation Modality for a School-Based Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Curriculum. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2024; 21(2):149. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21020149
Chicago/Turabian StyleMozid, Nusrat E, Rebeca N. Espinosa, Corinne Grayson, Oluwatumininu Falode, Yilei Yang, Christelle Glaudin, and Kate Guastaferro. 2024. "Piloting an Alternative Implementation Modality for a School-Based Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Curriculum" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 21, no. 2: 149. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21020149