Stop it Now! UK & Ireland 2nd Annual Conference 2004

Child Sexual Abuse - A Public Health Issue?

The Royal College of Physicians, London

This conference explored the potential for tackling child sexual abuse as a preventable public health problem. Prominent speakers from the UK and the USA will discussed the cutting edge of policy and practice in child sexual abuse prevention. A series of workshops allowed participants to contribute to the growing debate on this crucial subject.

Stop it Now! believes that the potential for engaging the public in a proactive approach to the child protection through Stop it Now! and similar initiatives is immense. In order to make this possible we would like to see the Government taking a lead in developing a public health approach to child abuse prevention, backed up by adequate resources and incorporating a systematic approach to research into risk factors and evaluation of projects. Such a strategy would make a major contribution to the welfare and protection of children and links into the universal and preventative approach of the recent Government Green Paper.

Conference Keynote Speakers

Dr. Mark Rosenberg
Executive Director, The Task Force for Child Survival and Development, Atlanta, Georgia USA
Topic: Developing a public health approach to the prevention of child sexual abuse.

Dr Rosenberg is a medical practitioner with great experience in the fields of public health and child protection. He pioneered a public health approach to the prevention of interpersonal violence and established the Unit for the Prevention of Interpersonal Violence at the Centers for Disease Control, the leading US public health agency. Latterly, Dr Rosenberg has worked closely with Stop it Now! in the USA on developing a public health approach to the prevention of child sexual abuse.

Dr Rosenberg's Biography

Dr Rosenberg's conference presentation

John Brownlow
Former Central Co-ordinator, Stop it Now! UK & Ireland
Subject: Stop it Now! project update

John Coughlan
Co-Chair of the ADSS Children and Families Committee
Subject: An multi-agency approach to preventing child sexual abuse - the Social Services perspective.

Phillip Noyes
Head of Public Policy, NSPCC
Subject: Preventing child sexual abuse - the policy implications.

Dr. Carole Easton
Chief Executive, ChildLine
Subject: The Child's perspective - learning from ChildLine's experiences.

Donald Findlater
Deputy Director The Lucy Faithfull Foundation
Subject: Adults protecting children - examples from Stop it Now! Freephone Helpline to date.

Stop it Now! UK & Ireland 1st Annual Conference March 2003

Meeting the Challenge - Child Sexual Abuse Prevention

The Manor Hotel, West Midlands

Conference Keynote Speakers

Fran Henry
President Stop it Now! USA
Subject: Why Stop it Now! developments and learning from the USA

John Brownlow
Central Co-ordinator, Stop it Now! UK & Ireland
Subject: A Public Health Approach the Development of Stop it Now! in the UK & Ireland

Donald Findlater
Deputy Director, The Lucy Faithfull Foundation
Subject: The UK Helpline and Surrey Project

Terry Philpot
Journalist & writer on social policy
Subject: The Impact of media coverage of child sexual abuse

Carole Howlett
Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police
Subject: Police perspectives on Child Sexual Abuse Prevention - Implications for the Criminal Justice System

Diane Baderin
Head of Diversity, National Probation Directorate
Subject: Ensuring Diversity and Inclusion in the Development of Stop it Now!

Tink Palmer
Principal Policy & Practice Officer - Child Exploitation, Barnardo's
Subject: The Child's Perspective

Hilary Eldridge
Director, The Lucy Faithfull Foundation
Subject: Developing Treatment responses