Sex education and prevention of child sexual abuse: Outcomes and intervention of an action-research

Journal title MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA
Author/s Giulia Savarese, Luna Carpinelli
Publishing Year 2015 Issue 2015/2
Language Italian Pages 12 P. 117-128 File size 81 KB
DOI 10.3280/MAL2015-002006
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In the context of psychosocial risk prevention, a project was performed, aimed to sex education and intervention against child sexual abuse. The study, funded by the USR Campania, was executed in secondary level educational institutions of Campania. We have done training sessions for school classrooms with the use of different methodologies and we have enabled a psychological counseling. Three violence cases were discovered. As consequence, it was crucial to develop intervention strategies both with the family and the school, in order to reveal unspoken violences. The school context was fundamental to support the prosecution of actions aimed to detect early violences, to figure out the victims help requests.

Keywords: Sexual abuse, adolescent, prevention, school intervention, teachers.

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Giulia Savarese, Luna Carpinelli, Educazione sessuale e prevenzione degli abusi sessuali sui minori: esiti ed intervento di una ricerca-azione in "MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA" 2/2015, pp 117-128, DOI: 10.3280/MAL2015-002006