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This agency-based study explored the preventive impact of a multi-method intervention program for children in care who had been sexually abused. Participants were Aboriginal children of the Stól:lö Nation in British Columbia, Canada. It suggested that such programs offered in child welfare contexts could actually prevent many mental health and behavioral problems that otherwise would be more prevalently experienced by such traumatized children in care.
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Holland, P., Gorey, K.M. & Lindsay, A. Prevention of Mental Health and Behavior Problems Among Sexually Abused Aboriginal Children in Care. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal 21, 109–115 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:CASW.0000022726.59560.6c
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