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Submit a ResourceThis rapid scoping review examined how large population surveys collect child-maltreatment information from adults who know the child well. It found substantial variation in definitions, question wording, timeframes, and reporting methods.
This study reviewed population-survey practices. It did not test a centralized child-protection hotline or prove that statewide centralization improves case outcomes.
Evidence fit: supportive for standardized data and surveillance; indirect for centralized statewide reporting.
This systematic review synthesized research on factors that help or hinder disclosure of child sexual abuse. It shows that disclosure is often delayed and shaped by personal, relational, family, and abuse-related circumstances.
The review did not directly evaluate a specific adult-reporting statute or measure whether such a law prevents future abuse.
Evidence fit: strong for delayed disclosure and adult survivor reporting pathways.
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated school-based child sexual abuse prevention programs and examined whether they improved children’s knowledge, protective skills, and attitudes.
Improved knowledge and skills do not by themselves prove a reduction in abuse incidence. Program quality, implementation, and reinforcement matter.
Evidence fit: strong for Erin’s Law and school-based prevention education.
This realist review examined how and why school-based child sexual abuse prevention programs work and identified implementation features associated with stronger outcomes.
The review focuses on school-based prevention programs and does not evaluate every element of broader organizational safeguards such as screening, codes of conduct, or background checks.
Evidence fit: strong for prevention-program standards and training; narrower than the full organizational reform proposal.
This study used reportable child-maltreatment scenarios to examine teachers’ recognition, intended responses, and reporting decisions. It shows that a legal reporting duty does not automatically produce consistent action.
This paper does not compare universal mandatory reporting states with profession-based reporting states and does not establish that universal mandatory reporting improves child outcomes.
Evidence fit: strong for reporting training and implementation; not direct proof for universal mandatory reporting.
This evidence and gap map examined interventions intended to prevent or respond to child maltreatment occurring within institutions and organized the evidence for policymakers and practitioners.
An evidence and gap map organizes existing research; it does not prove that one specific accountability policy, penalty, NDA restriction, or reporting structure is effective.
Evidence fit: supportive for institutional safeguards, monitoring, and accountability; indirect for specific statutory mechanisms.
