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Overview
If child sexual abuse is understood and approached as a public health problem – in that it affects all communities, its impacts can be multiple, long lasting and costly, and it can be prevented from occurring in the first place – this can provide a helpful framework through which prevention activity can be planned and delivered. There is no reason why we cannot stop child sexual abuse before it occurs by employing a public health approach, however, the very implications of a public health approach mean an effective preventative response will require effort from all areas of society - individual, relational, familial, community, professional, societal and system levels.
In this session we will update you on the progress to create a child sexual abuse prevention framework, informed by a public health model – and the goal of being the first country in the world to adopt one.
It has improved my knowledge and understanding about the range of harms caused to children and their impact as I have been able to network with a wide range of experts from the UK and beyond. There is no other multidisciplinary association for child protection professionals focused on learning to support and improve practice and policy
