Child Sexual Abuse – Resource Kit
The Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) team, together with the Child Sexual Abuse Spoke advisors within A Bolder Way Forward, have curated a collection of recommended resources. This includes UWLP research and materials as well as valuable contributions from statewide and national community partners and organizations. To get involved in positive change, take action by exploring what you can do as individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Key Resources
- Conversation Guide: Child Sexual Abuse in Utah
- Data Visualizations: Goal Metrics Dashboard and Utahns' Perceptions Dashboard
- Podcast: A Bolder Way Forward Conversations: Child Sexual Abuse
- Research Summary: Child Sexual Abuse: What Utahns Need to Know
- Video: A Bolder Way Forward – Child Sexual Abuse
Research Reports
- Child Sexual Abuse Statistics - 2023 [Spanish]
- Child Sexual Abuse: Research Summary - 2024
- The Roots of Sexual Violence in Utah: A Framework for Understanding Harm - 2026
- Women’s Safety & Security: Utahn’s Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes - 2025
- Women’s Safety & Security 2025: Utahns’ Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes - 2026
Podcasts & Videos
- Podcast: New Research: Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment & Gender-Based Discrimination
- Podcast: The Roots of Sexual Violence in Utah: A Framework for Understanding Harm
- Podcast: Understanding Child Sexual Abuse in Utah
- Podcast: Women’s Safety & Security: Child Sexual Abuse & Sexual Assault
- Video: Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse: Steps We Can Take
- Video: The Roots of Sexual Violence in Utah: What Every Utahn Should Know
Handouts & Articles
- 1 In 5 Utah Girls Were Sexually Assaulted Last Year. That Has to Stop (Deseret News, 2020)
- Beyond the Numbers: What Utahns Reveal About Child Sexual Abuse (LinkedIn, 2026)
- Child Sexual Abuse: What Utahns Need to Know (LinkedIn, 2025)
- Child Sexual Abuse in Utah: What Data Reveals About Awareness, Understanding, and Urgency (LinkedIn 2026)
- Prevention Education in Schools
- Protecting Children Conversation Guide: Child Sexual Abuse in Utah
- These Mothers Have to Send Their Children into Abusive Situations. We Can Change That (Deseret News, 2023)
- Utah Has a Problem with Violence against Women. There’s a Clear Solution (The Salt Lake Tribune, 2024)
- We Must Confront Child Sexual Abuse (Deseret News, 2022)
Community Resources
- About Child Abuse (Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention, CDC)
- Child Sexual Abuse Prevention (Saprea)
- Education (Utah Children’s Justice Center Program)
- Healing (Malouf Foundation)
- Healing From Sexual Abuse (Saprea)
- Home Visiting Programs (Prevent Child Abuse Utah)
- Official Teachings from Latter-Day Saint Leaders on Abuse (Dr. Susan R. Madsen, 2026)
- Resources for Parents, Caregivers, and Children (Johns Hopkins Moore Center, Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse)
- Responding to Disclosures of Child Abuse (National Criminal Justice Training Center)
- Start By Believing Statewide Initiative
- The PortAll (Generationall)
- Understand the Issue of Child Sexual Abuse (Saprea)
- What to Do If A Child Discloses Abuse (Utah Children’s Justice Center Program)
- What to Say (or Not Say) to Victims of Abuse: A Resource for Faith Leaders (Utah Children’s Justice Center Program)
Community Organizations: