The Royal, in partnership with the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, announced the launch of Prevention Global, an online resource hub that showcases ­seven programs from around the world that target child sexual abuse perpetration prevention.

Dr. Elizabeth Letourneau and Dr. Michael Seto Dr. Elizabeth Letourneau and Dr. Michael Seto Dr. Michael Seto, the director of the Forensic Mental Health Research Unit at the University of Ottawa Institute for Mental Health Research (IMHR) at The Royal and Dr. Elizabeth Letourneau of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are directors of Prevention Global.

Since 2021, Seto, Letourneau, and their team have been assessing over 40 high-potential perpetration prevention programs. After a systematic review, seven showed encouraging signs of effectiveness and potential for scale, translation, and adaptation. They include online, in-person, and youth- and adult-focused programs.

The hope is that rigorous evaluations of each, conducted in close collaboration with respective program developers, will inform policy, practice, and funding to support more effective efforts to prevent child sexual abuse worldwide…

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