Who Learns What? Sustained Knowledge Retention Six Months after Receiving a School Delivered Violence Awareness Programme Among Primary School Children in the UK

Zain Kurdi, Ugur Ozdemir, John Devaney, Nicky Stanley, School of Social and Political Science, The University of Edinburgh, Safety and Protection Unit, The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, School of Health, Social Work and Sport, University of Lancashire

Child Maltreatment

Published online on March 26, 2026

Abstract

Child Maltreatment, Ahead of Print.
This paper reports findings from a UK-wide evaluation of Speak Out Stay Safe, a manualised child abuse and neglect (CAN) prevention programme delivered by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) to children aged 6–11 years. ...