Trial reportPloS one2026
Growing up without violence (GWV): Results of a cluster randomised trial of a school-based intervention preventing adolescent sexual abuse and exploitation in Brazil.
Trial report in PloS one, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
14 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionChild sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE) are pervasive problems that significantly affect the health of children and adolescents. This paper presents the results of a cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT) evaluating a school-based intervention designed to prevent CSAE in Brazil through education.
methodsWe conducted a two-arm cRCT with parallel assignment in two Brazilian municipalities. Sixty schools were randomly allocated to intervention and control arms (30 per group) using stratified randomisation based on municipality and school type (municipal and state-run). We invited 50 randomly selected students, aged 12-17, from each school to complete surveys at baseline and endline. Teachers enrolled in GWV training completed an implementation questionnaire. Our primary analysis focused on a cross-sectional comparison of students' CSAE risk knowledge between control and intervention schools.
resultsWe found no statistically significant difference in adolescents' CSAE risk knowledge between the study arms (adjusted mean difference: 0.02, 95% CI -0.19 to 0.23, p = 0.87). There was borderline evidence of interaction by gender, with a greater difference in knowledge scores among girls (p = 0.032). No significant association was found between the number of GWV components implemented and knowledge scores. DISCUSSION: Several factors may contribute to this result: the intervention might not have been implemented with sufficient fidelity or intensity, the true effect of GWV could be minimal and below the study's detection threshold, the intervention may have influenced outcomes that were not measured, or the intervention may simply lack effectiveness. Further rigorous evaluations and implementation studies are essential to ensure that resources are directed toward effective strategies.
trial registrationThe American Economic Association's registry for randomised controlled trials (AEA RCT Registry). RCT ID: AEARCTR-0011299, https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/11299.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.