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ArticleSexual offending (Trier, Germany)2026

First Evaluation of a Novel Live-Chat Service for Preventing Child Sexual Abuse.

Tom Gregg, Natasha Kalebic, Joshua W Moore, Georgia Naldrett, Sarah Edwards, Donald Findlater, Pamela J Taylor

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Article in Sexual offending (Trier, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Tom GreggSchool of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Natasha KalebicSchool of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5228-0823
Joshua W MooreWolfson Centre for Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6325-3115
Georgia NaldrettLucy Faithfull Foundation, Bromsgrove, United Kingdom.
Sarah EdwardsLucy Faithfull Foundation, Bromsgrove, United Kingdom.
Donald FindlaterLucy Faithfull Foundation, Bromsgrove, United Kingdom.
Pamela J TaylorSchool of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3998-6095

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Live-chat services are increasingly used for prevention in healthcare. Systematic literature searching found them untested for preventing sexual abuse of children. Our aims were to compare anonymous cohorts using a new live-texting service

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chatlineschild sexual abuse preventionhelplinesonline messaging servicesStop It Now!

Identifiers

PMID42788163
PMCPMC13610149

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