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Notice to Readers: Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within
Youth-Serving Organizations: Getting Started on Policies and Procedures
To help prevent child sexual abuse, CDC has published the report
Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within
Youth-Serving Organizations: Getting Started on Policies and
Procedures. This report describes six key components for preventing child
sexual abuse in youth-serving organizations: 1) screening and selecting employees and volunteers; 2) establishing guidelines
on interactions between persons; 3) monitoring behavior; 4) ensuring safe environments; 5) responding to
inappropriate behavior, breaches in policy, and allegations and suspicions of child sexual abuse; and 6) training in child
sexual-abuse prevention.
These components were identified by CDC in conjunction with child sexual-abuse researchers, professionals who
provide prevention resources for organizations, and representatives of youth-serving organizations that have child
sexual-abuse prevention programs. In the report, each of the six components is described in detail, including the prevention goals,
critical strategies, and additional strategies that might be considered depending on the context and resources of
individual organizations. The report is available online at
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/preventingchildabuse.htm.
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