There is growing recognition of the contextual dynamics of child sexual abuse, with a developing evidence base supporting it, sparking calls to ensure prevention efforts are contextualised. Contextual approaches extend the focus of prevention beyond the individual, to include immediate situations, and the physical and social contexts in which abuse occurs. Although academic and industry support for contextual approaches is gaining momentum, there is no consistent definition of contextual prevention nor operational clarity currently available to inform research, policy and practice. This contributes to a lack of policy guidance and practice consistency; also impeding much needed evaluation research, and likely slowing scholarly and practice uptake. In this article, we address this important gap. Based on a critical review of relevant literature, we propose a conceptual definition of contextual prevention and its operationalisation and provide a framework and guidance for policymakers and practitioners tasked with protecting children from child sexual abuse.

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背景很重要：将儿童性虐待的背景预防概念化并付诸实施

人们越来越认识到儿童性虐待的背景动态，并有不断发展的证据基础支持这一点，引发了确保预防工作符合背景的呼声。情境方法将预防的重点扩展到个人之外，包括直接情况以及发生虐待的物理和社会环境。尽管学术界和业界对情境方法的支持正在不断增强，但目前还没有对情境预防的一致定义，也没有明确的操作说明可以为研究、政策和实践提供信息。这导致缺乏政策指导和实践一致性；还阻碍了急需的评估研究，并可能减缓学术和实践的吸收。在这篇文章中，我们解决了这个重要的差距。基于对相关文献的批判性回顾，我们提出了情境预防及其实施的概念性定义，并为负责保护儿童免受儿童性虐待的政策制定者和从业者提供了框架和指导。