The operationalization of childhood trauma and adversity into checklists commonly known
as adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, has become the most widely adopted …

Meta-analytic, population cohort, prospective, and clinical studies provide systematic
evidence that child sexual abuse accounts for unique variation in several deleterious …

Background Child maltreatment poses substantial risk for compromised mental health in
children. Further, child abuse and neglect are potentiated within a cascade of …

This study 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 …

Background People who experience childhood sexual abuse (CSA) have a higher rate of
adolescent pregnancy than people who do not experience CSA. The purpose of this …

The consequences of sexual violence are substantial and include both intra-and
interpersonal problems. Notably, sexual violence has been associated with difficulties in …

Cost analyses are used to determine overall costs of implementing evidence-based
programming and may help decision makers determine how best to allocate finite resources …

Background Globally, early-life adversity (ELA) is linked to an increased risk of developing
depression in adulthood; however, only a few studies have examined the specific effects of …

School-based child sexual abuse (CSA) programs effectively increase students' CSA-related
knowledge. This study focuses on an implementation trial of Safe Touches, an empirically …

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is associated with revictimization and sexual risk-taking
behaviours. The Internet has increased the opportunities for teens to access sexually explicit …