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Effectiveness of child sexual abuse prevention programs on knowledge acquisition: A meta-analytical study Cerezo-Guzmán, María Victoria Ferragut-Ortiz-Tallo, Marta Ortiz-Tallo-Alarcón, Margarita Rodríguez-Fernandez, Raquel Niños -- Abusos sexuales -- Prevención Eficacia organizacional Delitos sexuales Niños -- Psicología Background: Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a type of maltreatment considered a global health problem. CSA is a traumatic experience with important consequences for the victim’s health. It is essential to report the effectiveness of CSA prevention programs to offer society useful tools to combat this abuse. Objective: We aimed to study the effectiveness of CSA prevention programs on the knowledge acquisition based on comparing pre- and post-treatment changes, and also if their effectiveness is related to program-related and methodological variables. Participants and settings: Standardised mean change (with studies that report pre-post program measures) of the effectiveness of CSA prevention programs published between 2014 and 2021 was carried out. Methods: The general effectiveness of these programs and whether the results were influenced by program-related variables (the duration, the target population, participants’ age, or the type of intervention) or by methodology-related factors (the agent who taught them, the geographical area where they were carried out or the way the programs were evaluated) were analysed. A total of 43 samples analysing knowledge about CSA as a dependent variable were included. Results: The results reported a combined effect size considered large (dMR = 0.96, 95 % CI [ 1.10, 0.82], p < .001). High inter-study heterogeneity was observed in the meta-analysis, although only the geographic area where the studies were conducted appears as a significant moderator. Conclusions: In conclusion, the prevention programs included in this analysis significantly improved the participants’ knowledge acquisition 2023-10-19T14:03:26Z 2023-10-19T14:03:26Z 2023-10-19T14:03:26Z 2023-10-05 journal article Ferragut, M., Cerezo, M.V., Ortiz-Tallo, M., & Rodríguez-Fernández, R. (2023). Effectiveness of child sexual abuse prevention programs on knowledge acquisition: A meta-analytical study. Child Abuse & Neglect, 146, 106489, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106489. https://hdl.handle.net/10630/27873 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106489. eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Elsevier