MBF Child Safety MattersĀ®
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Promising

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Description

This is a universal prevention education program for elementary school children and their families. The aim is to raise awareness and empower children to prevent victimization by various types of abuse, encourage greater communication between parents and children, and empower parents and schools to prevent violence against children.
The program is implemented in the classroom and addresses topics such as bullying, cyberbullying, physical, sexual and emotional abuse, neglect, and other virtual dangers. The intervention is structured in two sessions and implemented by trained facilitators.

Impact evaluations

An impact assessment showed that children participating in the program had a statistically significant increase in knowledge about potentially risky situations, and this knowledge was sustained for seven months until the follow-up assessment. Children in the control group schools did not experience similar gains [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Bright, M. A., Sayedul Huq, M., Patel, S., Miller, M. D., & Finkelhor, D. (2022). Child safety matters: Randomized control trial of a school-based, child victimization prevention curriculum. Journal of interpersonal violence, 37(1-2), 538-556. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520909185